Pick up upgrade help..

[wisem66]

Hi can anyone help????
I have a stunning strat looks and plays exactly how i want but amplified sound shite. I play Iron Maiden and GnR music like that, but what pickups should i upgrade to? Dimarzio chopper/super dist/fast track2???? Shops aint helping anyone suggest from experiece...pleasssseeeeeeee

[wilber]

seymour duncan hot rails could be the way forward

[wisem66]

Hot rails in both neck and bridge??

[wilber]

hot rails all over the shop!

[Leftie]

Bare Knuckles. the sinner set.

[manicguitarist2]

What kind of guitar are they going in?

What is your budget?

In my experience, Seymour Duncan / Dimarzio / Bulldog / Bare Knuckle will all do the job nicely.

[wisem66]

They are going in a top range usa built strat..

[manicguitarist2]

They are going in a top range usa built strat..

In which case the stock pickups will probably be ok - but if you want to get humbuckers without changing the scratchplate then go for hot-rails by seymour duncan.

[Sir Axeman]

Get a new pickguard - a HSS one and get a 'proper' humbucker in there. There's loads of good choices...I'd say from Duncan either the JB, Custom or Distortion. Dimarzio and BK do good stuff aswell. But in a nutshell a full size bucker sounds better and thicker than a 'toy size' one. Oh yes.