Pre-Wired Pick Guard Suggestions.

[Miller77]

I have a Highway One Strat thats has a HSS combination in it. While I dont hate this combination Ive always prefered 3 single coils, therefore Im looking at pre-wired pickguards. Finding video's and sound clips of these though seem a little rougher than I thought it would be. So I thought Id see what The Fret would suggest. Im leaning towards more of a vintage tone here are the main 3 Ive been considering.

Seymour Duncan-California 50's-SSL-1
DiMarzio-True Velvet
DiMarzio-Area Model

Thanks in advance, Im looking forward to getting some suggestions here.

 

[Duffy]

For three single coils the EMG Vince Gill pickguard looks pretty awesome. It has a boost circuit in it of some sort and is supposedly an awesome sounding rig. That would be a totally quiet way to roll, and Vince Gill sure makes it sound great. Check it out in the Eric Clapton produced "Crossroads" festival videos. Vince Gill is playing a black strat with a tortoise shell pickguard and black EMG single coils. It looks like a very cool guitar in the hands of a very awesome guitar player. I would expect that guitar to have plenty of twang. It is not a cheap pre-wired pickguard, however, needless to say.

 

[Robert]

I think the DiMarzio Area model sounds great. Haven't heard the other ones though.

 

[Katastrophe]

Can't say that I've heard any of the ones you've mentioned, but I've been a Seymour Duncan fan for years. Having said that, DiMarzio makes a darn good pickup as well...

Just to muddy up the waters a little more, Fender makes some great vintage sounding single coils, too. The Tex-Mex set that come installed on the Jimmy Vaughan Strat sound fantastic to my ears. One could do an ebay search and find a prewired pickguard pretty quickly.

I don't know what your budget is like, but GFS has some vintage single coils that they can wire into a pickguard for you that won't cost an arm and a leg.