Dunno if i'm understanding well...
you are comparing passive SC (custom shop) with active EMG?
Man... use the hammer for the nails and the screwdriver for the screws!
Thare are things that needs the Strato sound and things that needs other guitars&puppyes!
apples and oranges....embrace the Strat for what it is.
... or go with a SC sized HB (personally, I've never gotten along with those SC sized ones. I'd go full HB).
I know people who like and use them. I just never gelled with 'em.the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails... are killers puppies man!
Nice, but this pic of it caught my attention.Maybe give this guy a call?......
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He scrubs up pretty well doesn't he?Nice, but this pic of it caught my attention.
Big. Strat.