THis is a very articulate pickup! It voices every nuance of your playing...even those you aren't aware of like string squeak and pick misalignment! I suggest you install this in a guitar that has a very warm wood species (mahogany). This is a very bright pickup and putting it in a biright sounding guitar body (basswood) would make it painfully bright sounding. I installed mine in a mahogany Ibanez RG and it sounds KILLER! Nice, bright highs and deep, ballsy low end with just enough mid range to stand out! I would have given 5 stars but the fact that the housing is plastic kind of takes away from the quality aspect slightly. Plastic will degrade and split over time... but I still love this pickup! Getcha Pull!