Hello, new member here, very glad to be finally apart of the Fender family.
I recently bought a Road Worn 60's Olympic White Strat' for about 600$. It was rarely played so I made a good deal.
I was fascinated by the quality of the instrument but i wanted to upgrade the pickups. Any suggestion?

I spotted the 56' and 69' as well as the 57/62 vintage pickups.

I'm looking for an agressive vintage tone and a crisp clean sound. What would you suggest me?

I was looking for a new pickguard too. That yellow isn't interesting to me anymore. I thought about mint green or mint green vintage. Do you guys buy it straight from Fender or do you buy unofficial one's? I find this guitar highly interesting: http://d.pr/EvsN

Is that mint green?

I'm sorry for all those questions haha.
Thanks in advance.

My tip to you. If you dont like the Tex-Mex pickups that came with your RoadWorn, put the Custom Shop '69 in it. Yeah mint green pickguard will complete that vintage vibe on your strat!

Cheers!

Obrigado amigo lusobrasileiro

Should I buy one straight from Fender (high price imo) or one from another reseller and not official, but with a smaller price?

Look for a used pickguard that was a "take-off" from a MIM classic '60s re-issue or the Robert Cray signature model. Those examples use a more restrained "mint" than the stand-alone Fender accessory pickguards which look terrible IMO.

If the guitar is not already so equipped, you'll find that the addition of a steel trem block will put some additional "chime" into the tone and marginally increase the sustain.

All of the Fender CS pickups sound great IMO -- that will be a tough call to make.

HTH

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

You mean this one?
http://www.thomann.de/de/fender_pickgua ... _green.htm

It's from the mexican reissue.

No. Like this......



This one was "recycled" from a Robert Cray.

Not anywhere near the "vomit/mint" of the accessory pickguards.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Great call! I put a Callaham on mine, made a very nice improvement (replaced the whole bridge). After the bridge improvement, I really like the Tex-Mex pickups a lot, no need to change them now.

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Por favor, disculpe mi español, no se llega a la práctica con mucha frecuencia.

Normalmente compro na sweetwater ou music123, porque eles aceitam meu cartao internacional e posso entregar na casa da minha cunhada em Nova York.
Os captadores Custom Shop 69 custam em média 150 dolares, e um pickguard original da fender vai pagar cerca de 40 dolares ou 20 dolares por um alternativo nao-fender.
Lhe recomendarei tb o site siglermusic ali eles fazem pickguard prontinhos q vc instala em questão de 5min. Eles tem o Mint Green com CS69 por 239 dolares.

Boa sorte!
Lembranças do Brazil!

PS: Sorry about the portuguese, sometimes it´s nice to talk in your own language.

Thanks for the replies guys!
Gonna check all this out.

If anyone still has some tips to improve my Strat', suggestions are welcomed!