The bottom of the pickups are hand signed and dated by Abby as well. The Holy Grail. Clarity without harshness, solid bass tone without flab, mids are perfectly in the middle. It's like recording your favorite guitar, then making just the right tweaks of EQ to get the perfect sound. I didn't have to adjust anything.
Bridge is wound a little hotter than most vintage.
Sounds very close to the Custom 69's but with a more overall uniform tone. I can emulate anyone of my guitar hero's with these. No need to reach for my other Strats for that other tone. Sounds fantastic through all setups. Can even hold its own through all that processed rack as well.