Both share a lot of DNA, and not just Fender DNA. DiMarzio pickups come as standard on both instruments. Speer’s Strat is loaded with DiMarzio Pro Track electric guitar pickups at the neck and ...

As DiMarzio asserts, “Pickups seemed to be the way to compensate for the shortcomings of new guitars. When I first started working on pickups, the first pickup that got built was a Strat pickup ...