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Post subject: Gen4 Pickups into an '80s Amer Std Strat
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 1:27 pm
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I have a 1989 American made Std strat that is still all original. Was wondering if the new Gen 4 pickups would work in my guitar and if that would eliminate the " hum" that is getting worse as it ages?


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Post subject: Re: Gen4 Pickups into an '80s Amer Std Strat
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:41 pm
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There may be other cures for hum reduction, so depending on how original you want to keep your guitar, check with a good guitar tech first.

With the Gen4's, I'd suggest you take the prewired pickguard route mentioned in your post on the pickups section - the S1 and all that jazz. I checked stratosphereparts; with them the loaded pickguard would set you back some 300$ (plus postage, plus possible guitar tech fees).
That way you can always revert your guitar back to original if you need/want to.

On the sound changes, I'll throw a wild guess that your guitar won't sound like before, and not exactly like an Elite, either.
One word of caution: so far, no noiseless pickups have achieved an "everybody just loves them" status.


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