I wanted to give my strat something other than single coils and saw this pop up as a viable to option to not have to buy a new pickguard or cut into the existing. I went ahead and ordered it and then got to intimidated to install it for about a month. Once I mustered up the courage to get out my soldering iron, the install went quick. It appears you have the option to wire it as a split coils if desired. I did not. This pick up fit perfectly into the existing pickguard and was a snap to solder in (after some youtube tutorials). I did need to adjust the height a bit as the pick up was not quite giving me the volume of the existing single coils, but raising it up a bit seemed to do the trick. For sound, it's pretty decent, but to be honest, I've never found much difference between pickups when ran through similar guitars (or the same guitar) and ran clean through the same set up... despite what the pickup manufacturers have told me. In this instance, the price is right, it functions as I expect, and it looks... well... I like it, anyway! Overall, I'm quite happy with this little guy and extra happy to have a humbucker in my strat at the bridge... Like I took the long route to an HSS! Read more

This "hot rail" style pickup does in fact fit in a single coil pickup spot on my strat. The wiring is broken out to be able to coil tap it, which can get you a more traditional strat type sound. The resistance on this matches the description and the appearance is clean with no noticeable scrapes or imperfections. The bobbin is plastic, which I am not the biggest fan of, though it does make mounting with screws other than those included easier as you don't have to worry about matching the threads on a machine screw and are just able to dig new threads into the plastic. Overall, a solid option for the price. Read more