These pickups were a really good value for the money and of very good quality. The only complaint I have is the plastic covers were not quite deep enough so the pole pieces sat down in the hole a small amount and not flush with the top of the pickup. I know they are off because I checked the depth with a pair of calipers. The pickups themselves are alnico 5 magnets and waxed with proper cloth push back wires. I would recommend these for a budget stratocaster build or upgrade. One more thing to add is I installed these in a HSS strat so I didn’t use the bridge pickup. I am curious to see how the bridge sounds so I will update my review if I install the bridge in another project