The strat is arguably the most iconic guitar shape in history, and the neck pickup tone is amazing, but the bridge pickups always sound weak to me. I've got a couple of strats with full-sized humbuckers in the bridge, but this set is a great option for people who want humbucker tone while retaining the classic strat look. And, of course, they also have the not-insignificant benefit of being much quieter than single coils. Tone is subjective, but these sound great to me, and the bridge has enough output to properly drive an amp for harder distorted and metal tones. Very pleased with these.