The way your Stratocaster® style guitar was meant to sound.
BzzzzKill™ virtually eliminates the hum from single-coil pickups while bringing out the best of your Strat’s distinctive tone.
All WITHOUT replacing your pickups.
Installs invisibly under pickguard.
WITHOUT BzzzzKill
WITH BzzzzKill
Watch the full Guitar World review HERE.
LOVE the sound of your Strat with BzzzzKill, or we’ll refund your full purchase price!
RWRP Strat (Most Common)
For Buzz in Positions 1, 3 & 5
Premium Design – $199
RWRP Strat (Most Common)
For Buzz in Positions 1, 3 & 5
Streamlined Design – $99
Introducing BzzzzKill
Since 1954, guitarists have struggled with the persistent buzz from Stratocaster® style single-coil pickups. The only available “solutions” forced you to work around the noise, fiddle with dials, permanently modify your guitar, or compromise its tone and dynamic range.
BzzzzKill changes everything — effectively killing the hum while invisibly bringing out the authentic single-coil sound you love, once and for all.
Virtually eliminates buzz in all pickup positions and at all gain levels.
Brings out distinctive single-coil sound without noticeable loss in dynamics or response.
No drilling, screws or permanent mods — preserve your guitar's value.
Works in all pickup positions, fully compatible with your effects chain.
Affordably priced, passive device — no batteries or adjustments, EVER.
Unlike noise gates that cut your sustain or replacement pickups that dramatically change your guitar's tone, BzzzzKill targets the source of the problem DIRECTLY.
Our patent-pending technology is engineered to fit perfectly and install invisibly behind a Stratocaster® style guitar's pickguard, virtually eliminating 60-cycle hum (50Hz in UK/EU) while enabling the authentic voice of your pickups to shine through.
So you get the clear, signature tone of your Strat® style guitar with virtually none of the buzz that's plagued players for decades.
“I have desperately tried many silent single coil systems in my career. I have found nothing else that leaves the original tone intact while killing the hum. There are lots of functional options but none as good as the BzzzzKill.
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“I absolutely LOVE it. Does exactly as promised, beautifully preserving the single-coil sound, but with no hum.
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“I CAN'T BELIEVE the pristine sound of the guitar now that the noise is gone.
It didn't affect the sound, just killed the buzz.
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“It’s pretty amazing. What you’re getting out of this is practically no hum from your pickups. Most importantly it hasn’t changed the tone of my guitar.
I mean, that’s REALLY impressive.
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A couple months ago I had decided to build a new partscaster in a 50s vintage Strat style, got some great parts and put it all together, fantastic guitar except of course for that Strat single coil hum--especially in my home, where the wiring is old and leaves a lot to be desired. Before I installed the Bzzzzkill Dual Layer (the Strat is loaded with V-Mod II RWRP pickup set, as the body I got came with them, and as an aside I also was pleasantly surprised at how good those pickups actually sound), I did a quick and dirty little recording, just some cowboy chords, clean and dirty in all pickup selector positions.
After installation, which was a breeze, I metered the pickup outputs to find the DCR had gone up by about 4k for all pickups, basically expected. And the hum was completely gone on clean settings (amp is a Fillmore 25), and decreased so much on the drive channel settings, so quiet. The RWRP positions still canceled hum completely, no matter what. The true test would come after recording the After--and I'm super pleased to report that the differences are minimal at best. From the recordings with same amp settings, same day, same recording setup, to my ear there is a slight bit more fullness in the mids, but the treble seems to be pretty intact, the volume is about the same, the lows are still there, the dynamics.
Highly recommended!
Wow! I was able to finely hot to use my single coil strat on a gig and hear all the sonic qualities of those airy sc’s without the tone sucking gate pedal. Btw, easy install!
Thanks Bzzzzkill guys!
This is a Great Product.
Bzzz God Saves the Single Coils 🙏
Can I get an AMEN ?
GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE...
Bzzzzkill does exactly what it promises. It completely eliminated the single-coil hum without changing the tone at all. No loss of highs, no weird compression—my Strat sounds exactly the same, just quiet.
I installed one and immediately ordered more. I’ll be putting these in all of my Strats and recommending them to musicians I help with setups and mods.
Great product. Thanks for delivering on the promise.
The BzzzzKill actually made me smile. My favorite Strat when played with any gain at all, sounded like the generator room at the Hoover Dam !
The BzzzKill quieted it right down. Installation was easy, and it works great.
I’ve been a session guitarist here in Nashville for 40+ years. I’ve had the honor and privilege to work with the best with some of the best equipment available. I have to say that having used so many revolutionary pieces of new gear through the years the Bzzzkill may be one of the most important pieces of gear that I’ve aquired in decades! Who knew that you’re favorite sounding strat could have it’s hum eliminated without compromising it’s tonal integrity! This is nothing short of a miracle! Sincerely, Tom Hemby
Installed Dual Layer Bzzzzkill with no problems. Little more effort than the single layer but not much. This guitar I installed the dual layer in has a full aluminum pickguard shield plate in it and it’s completely quite. It’s a worthwhile addition to add the shield if it doesn’t have one and put the bzzzzkill in at same time. Very nice. Thanks fellows. 👍
I discovered buzzkill recently as I was considering some expensive noiseless pickups as a solution, but I’ve enjoyed the tone (minus the buzz) of my custom shop fat 50’s pickups that came stock on my Strat.
Pleased to report back the product works as advertised, I’ve had a wonderful experience with everyone in the company, customer service was outstanding.
I endorse and recommend this product and company, had a great experience overall! I will be keen on the future products they release. :)
Fantastic product, fantastic support! Everyone with asingle coil Strat should install on, it makes a huge difference!
I have installed the bzzzzkill system on my 1983 squire Japan Strat. I am using Texas special pickups. I have installed a dual bzzzzkill system in my strat. So the reverse wound middle is also hum cancelling..when used alone. My thoughts on the system?
1 it does slightly alter tone but actually I find in a good way takes some of the harshness out of a pickup.. around 4-6k I have installed a dpdt push push switch in one of the tone pots to be able to bypass this system when I don't need it. All systems affect tone anyone telling you different is lying to you. But this affects tone in a good way. It smooths things out.. for clean it's nice to be able to bypass so you can get some of the glass like too end when you need it. My thoughts are this is a good system although not perfect it's better than most I have see or tried. My two cents. My background I have been a professional live sound engineer for over 30 years a amp tech for over 30 years and a guitar player for 49 years... I have owned hundreds of guitars fixed thousands of amps. And I have no skin in this game.
For $200 it's a bargain.
I installed a dual layer BzzzKill on a 2002 Fender Stratocaster. The original pickups were replaced with a Fender pre-wired pickguard setup with Texas Special pickups. The guitar is much quieter now and I would recommend this product, not to mention their high-quality customer service. After my first try at installing the BzzzKill and not getting very much noise reduction, I sent them a video of my installation and requested help. They replied with very thoughtful suggestions and other good tips on how to fix the problem. Below are some problems that I encounter that may be helpful to others.
When I first tried to install the BzzzKill, I was not hearing any real difference in the amount of hum whether I had the black or white wire attached to the pickup and the other wire attached to the ground. What I found was causing this was the soldering iron station. Once I turned it off, there was a lot less hum and I was then able to hear a difference in the amount of hum depending on which wire was attached to the pickup as shown in the installation video.
One other thing that I found could cause hum and a crackling noise through the guitar was my phone. When I placed it too close to the guitar while recording a video, I would get this extra noise. I found that if I recorded the video about a foot or two away from the guitar, I wouldn’t have this phone noise problem.
I've been playing in a local cover band for about 8 years, and always had to choose between my Gibson Les Paul and my Strat depending on the song. The Strat sounded amazing for clean stuff and classic rock, but the second we kicked in any overdrive or distortion, the buzz would drive everyone crazy, especially our sound guy.
I was skeptical about BzzzzKill at first (seemed too good to be true), but got to say I'm blown away. We played a 3-hour gig last weekend and I used the Strat for everything - even the heavier Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam covers that I always used to switch to the Gibson for.
The tone is exactly the same as before from what I can tell, just with no annoying buzz. Our keyboard player, who didn't know I had changed anything, even commented that my guitar sounded "cleaner" through the monitors.
Installation was quick for our tech, and he said the video was helpful. Worth every penny to finally have my fave guitar be my go-to for any song in our setlist. Never thought I would.
Wish I'd had this sooner!
A while back, I tried out my Strat with the newly installed BzzzzKill in front of my computer with my Guitar Rig software. My guitars usually buzz quite badly in this spot, likely due to 2 large monitors nearby that I use for my job. The Strat made no buzz. I thought maybe the stars had aligned and my setup stopped buzzing, but I plugged in my Gibson with normally very quiet humbuckers, and sure enough, loud buzz. My Strat has been notorious for bad buzz since I got it brand new. The only pickup setting I used live on a stage was position 2 and 4, because anything else was too noisy. Now this guitar is super quiet in ALL positions. This gizmo is simply amazing. Most Strat players either have to gut the guitar and change pickups, or live with the buzz. Now I can have the “vintage” sounding tone, with no noise.
My Strat was so noisy that I only used it occasionally, when I needed a specific Strat tone. However since I had the BzzzzKill, it's so clean and quiet it's become my main axe.
BzzzzKill is an amazing product that makes any Strat better than ever.
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Learn how to choose the right BzzzzKill for your guitar.
Both versions use our Engineered Smart Noise Reduction Coil™ hand-wound to reduce single-coil hum without getting in the way of your tone. The difference is in how each model is built.
The Custom Series uses vintage-authentic materials: hand-assembled vulcanized fibre flatwork, steel rods, and cloth pullback wiring. It’s the version preferred by custom builders, restorers, and players who want traditional construction inside their instrument.
The Players Series delivers the same buzz-reducing purpose in a modern, streamlined build. It uses a precision-formed one-piece PETG bobbin and durable rubber-jacket wiring for consistency, ruggedness, and a lower price point.
See Comparison Chart
In short: Custom Series = boutique, vintage-style construction.
Players Series = modern materials with the same buzz-reducing, tone-preserving pedigree.
BzzzzKill virtually eliminates the 60-cycle hum (50Hz in UK/EU) that's common to single-coil pickups. In nearly all playing situations and gain levels, you'll experience a dramatic reduction in noise while preserving the authentic single-coil tone that made the Stratocaster® legendary.
Tone (Timber / Sound Quality / Voice / Color / Characteristic):
When we talk about preserving your tone we are talking about the Timber, Sound Quality, Voice, Color and Characteristic of your pickups. BzzzzKill is almost transparent in its application and preserves the original, natural, voice of your pickups.
Frequency Response: Essentially measures how consistently a device processes various frequencies, revealing whether it emphasizes or de-emphasizes certain frequencies.
BzzzzKill was designed to smooth out harsher frequencies between 4K-6K allowing for louder amplification without the piercing high end (that your sound man and audience hate).
If you require the full high end response for clean passages, you can employ a 250K DPDT Push-Push pot switch in your tone position to bypass the system entirely. (See related FAQ.)
BzzzzKill is optimized for use with a standard Strat-style guitar with 250K potentiometers for the volume and tone controls employing a 0.047mF capacitor.
Yes, if you require the full high end response for clean passages, you can employ a 250K DPDT Push-Push pot switch in your tone position to bypass the system entirely.
Wiring diagrams to employ a 250K Push-Push Pot switch for both the Single Layer BzzzzKill and the Dual Layer BzzzzKill are available on our Installation Guide Page.
You do not have to permanently modify your Strat if you use a 250K Push-Push pot or a 250K Push-Pull pot in the tone position. Other DPDT switches such as a Slider or a Toggle can be used as long as they are the On-On configuration.
We recommend a DPDT 250K Push-Push pot that mounts into the pickguard, with installation by a professional due to the more complex soldering.
BzzzzKill is optimized for use with a standard Strat-style guitar with 250K potentiometers for the volume and tone controls employing a 0.047mF capacitor.
Absolutely not. BzzzzKill installs inside your guitar's control cavity with no drilling or permanent modifications. Your guitar's value and collectibility remain intact, and you can easily move it to a new S-style guitar if you sell your current one.
Yes! If you're comfortable removing your guitar's pickguard or control plate and already own a soldering gun, you can install BzzzzKill yourself in about 30 minutes. We provide detailed step-by-step instructions and video guides. If you prefer, any guitar tech can perform the installation for you. (We do NOT recommend installation if you’ve never soldered a connection before. A tech can do it inexpensively, at no risk to your Strat®.)
If you have a Stratocaster® style guitar with three standard single-coil pickups, choose the Single Layer BzzzzKill.
If your guitar has a reverse-wound middle pickup (RWRP) (about 90% of S-style guitars and all newer Stratocasters®), choose the Dual Layer BzzzzKill.
On your 5-way pickup selector switch, if you have buzz on positions 1,3,5 and no buzz on positions 2 and 4, you have a RWRP middle pickup → Choose Dual Layer BzzzzKill.
If every position on your 5-way pickup selector switch buzzes → Choose Single Layer BzzzzKill.
If you have any trouble, reach out to us. Selecting the right version is the only choice you have to make, but it's an important one!
Yes! BzzzzKill is fully transferable. If you sell your guitar or want to move it to another instrument, you can easily remove it without a trace, and re-install it as easily as the first time.
Yes, unlike some solutions that only work in specific positions, BzzzzKill eliminates hum in all pickup switch positions while preserving the full functionality of your guitar.
No. BzzzzKill is a completely passive device with no batteries or power requirements. Install it once and forget it's there — except the beautiful absence of hum!
Currently, BzzzzKill is designed specifically for Fender Stratocaster® and S-style guitars with 3 single-coil (SSS) pickups, including reverse-wound or RWRP middle pickups. Current models do not support HSS Stratocasters or other humbucking pickups. BzzzzKill for Telecaster® and other single-coil guitar models will be available soon.
While both BzzzzKill and dummy coils aim to reduce single-coil hum, they are fundamentally different solutions with vastly different results.
Works with RWRP. The most obvious difference is that BzzzzKill works in guitars with reverse-wound middle pickups. (Most Strat-Style guitars.) Dummy coils do not.
Traditional dummy coils are typically repurposed guitar pickups that guitarists have attempted to use for hum cancellation. However, this DIY approach works with only a small percentage of Strat-style guitars and comes with several other significant problems:
BzzzzKill is engineered specifically for Stratocaster-style guitars from the ground up, and perfected by our founder through over 200 prototypes, with:
While dummy coils are a risky makeshift workaround, BzzzzKill is a purpose-built, pro solution engineered to solve the 70-year-old hum problem without compromise. They are two very different approaches to the same problem — and BzzzzKill is truly much better.
We ship to most countries worldwide. Shipping to Canada and the contiguous is free, and shipping to other regions is calculated at checkout.
We offer a 60-day 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you're not completely delighted with your BzzzzKill's performance, contact us for a return authorization and refund.
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