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It was a fantastic guitar, regretted selling it, so on the lookout for another.
The stock pickups were really good, the humbucker sounded just like an EVH Wolfgang one.
What a lovely guitar, they have the big 70's headstock but didn't make a difference to me.
Get down to Yamaha Music near Tottenham Court Road, they will have all the Yamaha's you need, you can also try the Revstar 502
My inner pedant is forced to point out that it's 50 cycle hum in the UK.
On that point, you will do very well to find "noiseless" pickups that sound any good. I briefly played a Strat with a set of Kinmans in that sounded good, but when I later put a set of Kinmans in a Tele they were horrible. I just went back to proper single coils. Kinmans are reputedly the best of the noiseless options and I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. Fender's noiseless things are absolutely horrible as well. I'd rather play a Squier than the Fender Deluxe series I've tried. Kinmans would also break your budget. Anything noiseless you can get in your budget is likely to be even more horrible than the premium offerings.
I'd just stick with genuine single coils or tapped humbuckers. Tapped humbuckers don't normally sound great either but they will probably sound as good as a noiseless option, If you can find some with the PRS DGT style partial tap then they generally sound better and do cancel some (although not all) of the hum. They don't have the big volume drop that you normally get with tapped humbuckers either.
Anything you do will have to be a compromise somewhere along the line. You won't get proper LP and Strat tones out of one guitar. The construction of the guitars is too different - trem vs fixed bridge, bolt on vs set neck, mahogany/maple vs alder/ash bodies, different scale lengths.
Your best bet might be a Variax. The basic version is only £449 at various places. Gear4Music have the Tyler 59 version at £697. You ought to be able to find one for £400ish second hand.
Tuning stability hasn't been great with mine so far but I'm sure it's just the stock strings, as all the hardware is high quality. I will change them today - I assume they're 9-46 stock
I sometimes play our singers' Pacifica 112 - It's still a great usable guitar. Had a 612 a few years ago and that was fab too. Easily within used budget.
I did play a vintage strat in a shop a while ago and thought it was genuinely great - I'd certainly try and find a fret king super 60 to try. The hardware on those is top notch.
my everyday gigging guitar is a highway one strat with a jb at the bridge. They should also be within budget if you do fancy dropping a hb in yourself.
These have coil splitting, and I actually use my Epi Les Paul Custom Pro with the neck pickup split quite a lot, sounds great.
Worth an audition, they make exceptionally pretty guitars for the money, and you can get one brand new for approx £300 of the "Standard Pro" and about £350 for the "Custom Pro".
I actually really am very interested in an LP with P90s as a result of the coil tapping fun however! Always looking for a killer deal on one of the 60s tributes they did last year.