
thebigcheese
"Hi, I'm in Delaware."
So, for those of you interested at the outcome, the new pickups make my Strat actually sound like Strat, which is just what I was looking for. Something interesting, though, is that the N3s have a third connection point for a common ground that enables the S1 switching to work properly, so if you plan on switching them out, you have to create a common ground on the new pickups. The guy putting mine in just used some copper tape on the bottom of them to create the additional ground plane, and it works like a charm! I am glad I had somebody else install them, cuz I wouldn't have had the slightest idea what to do there.