The jury's still out on the Vintage Noiseless pups in my Strat, but VNs and a Guitar Fetish boost has turned my Tele into a monster! The pups have beefed up the guitar without losing classic Tele tones. I played through a bunch of genres, and playing with the new tone circuit, I found that these pups are versatile. I'll be using my tone control more often now. The gain just takes it up a notch. The pups are loud, but not a drop of 60 cycle hum. I hadn't known what to expect with these mods, and I'm so glad I've done it.