Gave My Strat An Upgrade *Cussing Included*

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After being plagued with the constant 60 cycle hum of the single coils I decided to purchase the Mojo 58 Quiet Coil loaded Strat pickguard. Installation was suppose to be simple, just drop it in, no soldering (not) and play away. It wasn't quite that simple, first off you clip the ground wire from the trem block and remove the existing pickguard.....no problem. Next remove the jack plate, no problem. Now here's where the cussing comes in. Thanks to the handy little screw down ground and hot wire connectors you just insert the wires and your ready to play......Not so fast Weasel, My Strat (American Professional II.) Has three ground wires and they just did not want to fit in the connector! Even after twisting the wires as tight as I could, it was still a no go. I finally had to solder them in place. OK, good to go, just set the pickguard into the cavity and were done. Again....not so fast Weasel! I discovered you have to pull the neck so the pickguard fits snug up against the pocket.

A half hour job has now turned into a two (maybe more) ordeal. Let me add, the included instructions are like Ikea instructions, just pictures, nothing spelled out. I was pissed! The end result made up for the hassle, the pickups are totally noiseless and they have the spank and quack of a vintage Strat! The oil and paper cap, is smooth and creamy. Mojo was pretty cute with the packaging (See pics) I just wish the instructions were more detailed, but it was money well spent!


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guitarweasel said:
After being plagued with the constant 60 cycle hum of the single coils I decided to purchase the Mojo 58 Quiet Coil loaded Strat pickguard. Installation was suppose to be simple, just drop it in, no soldering (not) and play away. It wasn't quite that simple, first off you clip the ground wire from the trem block and remove the existing pickguard.....no problem. Next remove the jack plate, no problem. Now here's where the cussing comes in. Thanks to the handy little screw down ground and hot wire connectors you just insert the wires and your ready to play......Not so fast Weasel, My Strat (American Professional II.) Has three ground wires and they just did not want to fit in the connector! Even after twisting the wires as tight as I could, it was still a no go. I finally had to solder them in place. OK, good to go, just set the pickguard into the cavity and were done. Again....not so fast Weasel! I discovered you have to pull the neck so the pickguard fits snug up against the pocket.

A half hour job has now turned into a two (maybe more) ordeal. Let me add, the included instructions are like Ikea instructions, just pictures, nothing spelled out. I was pissed! The end result made up for the hassle, the pickups are totally noiseless and they have the spank and quack of a vintage Strat! The oil and paper cap, is smooth and creamy. Mojo was pretty cute with the packaging (See pics) I just wish the instructions were more detailed, but it was money well spent!


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I think that's the conclusion that most people reach with single coil PUs.
The more "gain" the amp has, the more the noise is amplified.

There's some people who must have single coil PUs.
There's some people who insist on using noise gates, to mute all the noise.

But I would rather not use the noise gate.
With the hum Bucking PU, I get more output and less noise. I'm going with that.
 
where was the cussing ?????--- Dude -- you should be around here if I am soldering!!!!!!!!!
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The only thing I don't care for is the Mojo Guard is stark white while the original guard was "aged"

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