Hi everyone
I recently bought my first strat (dunno what took me so long), it's a Mexican, Lake Placid Blue, I like it a lot.
But I will probably upgrade the stock pickups someday.
I have the 60 cycle hum and find it quite annoying. I can get rid of it using the noise gate (and the gate stomp on higher gain profiles) but I'm afraid I may lose something soundwise (plus I think the hum is still there while playing)
So, do you think I should buy noiseless pickups, or go for a set of regular single coils and use the noise gate?
I don't want to spend too much as it's a Mexican, so I hesitate between Fender (and maybe Dimarzios VV) noiseless, and a set of Fender 54 Custom or something like that. (about 150 euros)
Any advice appreciated
Thanks