Choosing the right Strat pickup for your build is a crucial descision to get right. I found this question on Yahoo Answers from someone who was building a Strat. He asked what brand and what type of pickups to use:-

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070626120704AApIzKa

One of the best answers was this one:-
“You should maybe set up the guitar wiring with some easy to disconnect plugs – buy a couple of different pickups and put the other side of the plugs onto them – that way you can plug one in and try it, then remove it, plug another one in and try it – and so on.”

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