Because I have Duncan pickups on a variety of guitars. I like the china pick ups myself. Seymour duncan designed them etc....for mostly Squire guitars. Then they have the 'american made' ( that's debatable) pick ups which are awesome too for every style guitar. The gold lettering on the p/u's in that strat can only be SD's or EMG p/u's both are unlikely in 1992 without those 6 screws coming out of the top of the pick ups. Only recently do they have pickups without the screws (magnets or pole pieces) in the middle showing.