I play a lot of blues, early Fleetwood Mac, early Clapton, etc, and I have an HSS Strat I recently fitted with a Seymour Duncan SH1 humbucker at the bridge, and have just replaced the two standard Fender single coil pickups with these. The difference is frankly remarkable; this is now a different, far superior guitar. Suddenly, the tone controls are important; the tonal range is hugely increased, the palette of sounds similarly so. The Fender humbucker was frankly poor, not a patch on the SD, but the switch from the clear crisp sound of the humbucker to the two single Fenders was clashing, dreadful even. I got to the stage quickly that I mostly played on the humbucker. This obviously was no solution, so I saved up and bought on recommendation a pair of these singles. They proved to be a perfect complement to the '59 PAF replica. They are warm and full of tone, but capable of screaming power if required. I am sure there are 'better' pickups out there for specific purposes, but for £45 notes or so each? These are the best pickups I have ever heard for the money, in fact, sometimes for a lot more money. If you want something general purpose but really good quality, and you can't afford Cobalt Samariums, these are for you. Fender should put them in; they charge enough for the inferior ones they use.