the sound out of this guitar is just spot on for a 62 strat and the neck pickup is 10 times better than my fender deluxe i dont like the neck as much as my strat being a flatter profile,, but when you get used to it its nice,, but the sound out of the pickup are bang on,, roswell got the pickups spot on if you wont a strat that sounds like a real 62 strat,,, get this guitar and for a £111 pound guitar it is behind belief what you get with this guitar 5 star and some