Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Recently I've been on a bit of an 80's guitar kick, and have gone back to revisit some of the Pulse era David Gilmour sounds. I decided that my John Mayer signature strat would be a good candidate for the EMG SA Pickguard Mod.

TLDR: This might be my new favorite strat.

Check out the gear used today (affiliate links)

EMG DG20 Gilmour Signature Pickguard
sweetwater.sjv.io/zxYmLe

Music Nomad Keep It Simple Setup System
sweetwater.sjv.io/N97yOv

Universal Audio OX Amp Top Box
sweetwater.sjv.io/nXY6D7

Today's amp was the Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature (non-affiliate link)
two-rock.com/amps/classic-reverb-signature

The modulation and reverb was from various UA plugins post amp

Thanks to Sweetwater for sponsoring today's video

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Let's hear the stock strat
2:16 What is the "pulse" strat?
4:17 The EMG Pickguard (install)
9:56 Let's hear the Gilmourized strat
13:40 Details on the pickups and preamp
17:48 Outro