It's the cheapest new humbucker I could find, and it works. Quality wise, you get what you pay for (maybe a little more). My stock v8 bridge pickup on my Ibanez sounds a bit better than this one (bought this for a squire strat that had a broken humbucker). For players that like the heavy sounding metal palm muting, you may want to look for a better pickup.Mine arrived with one of the mounting tabs seriously bent, and it took a few minutes with pliers to make it right. The mounting screws were just barely too wide to fit through the humbucker mounting bracket, so I used the old ones. The packaging isn't great, but who cares. All in all, good for the money, but for people who want a chugging humbucker, you're gonna have to open up your wallet a bit wider.