Description: What is it? This is a solderless, pre-wired Stratocaster wiring harness upgrade for H/S/S or H/S/H American or Mexican Fender Stratocasters. Hand wired with the highest quality parts and cleanest solder connections from a professional guitar tech. This wiring harness can give an HSH guitar (2 humbucker 1 single coil) up to 19 different pickup combinations. Easily install your pickups, jack, and ground wires to the solderless connectors with a small Philips head screw driver (screw driver not included). WHAT DOES IT DO? -With this pre-wired harness loaded in your guitar, you will have the Swiss Army knife for tones. COIL SPLITTING -An easy access push/pull knob on the volume control allows you to split up to two humbuckers in to single coils. This produces a bright and jangly strat tone. This also brings the smoother and softer chime when using the neck and middle or bridge and middle (2 and 4) positions on the five way. PHASE SWITCH-The middle knob is a push/pull that allows you to reverse the phase of the middle pickup. This allows for 'out of phase' tones when using the neck or bridge pickup with the middle pickup. When two pickups are out of phase it produces a very destinct tone kind of like a wah pedal half way on. You get a squaky snarly sound that is great for funk rhythms and leads. The out of phase sound was made popular by guitar players like Jimmy Page and Brian May and can be heard in many Led Zepplin and Queen songs. Note: the middle knob also severs as a master tone. BLEND POT-The bottom tone has been changed into a blend pot that allows you to blend the neck and bridge pickups together. This produces a unique tone similar to a telecaster in the middle position. It has a balanced bass and treble response with a softer attack. Sounds great for rhythms. When the blender is all the way up on 10 there will be no effect on the tone. The more you turn the knob down the more the neck and bridge pickups blend together. TREBLE BLEED MOD-Have you ever noticed how the tone gets muddy and lacks definition when you roll the volume back on the guitar? The treble bleed mod's purpose is to retain your high end or treble response when cutting back on the volume. I have spent a lot of time playing around with different caps and resistors to find the perfect treble bleed mod. The roll off of the volume is smooth and retains a clear bright signal at lower volumes. 19 DIFFERENT TONES! H/S/H (In a 2 humbucker, 1 single coil set up)1. bridge humbucker2. bridge split3. middle/bridge4. middle/bridge split5. middle6. middle/neck7. middle/neck split8. neck humbucker9. neck split10. neck and bridge humbucker blender together (in 1 or 5 position)11. neck and bridge split blender together (in 1 or 5 postion)12. neck, middle, and bridge humbuckers blended together (in 2 and 4 postion)13. neck/bridge split with middle blended together (in 2 and 4 postion)14. bridge and middle hums out of phase15. bridge split/middle out of phase16. neck and middle out of phase17. neck split/middle out of phase18. neck, middle, and bridge out of phase19. neck/bridge split with middle out of phase 16 DIFFERENT TONES! H/S/S (In a 1 humbucker, 2 single coil set up)1. bridge humbucker2. bridge split3. middle/bridge4. middle/bridge split5. middle6. middle/neck7. neck8. neck and bridge hum blender together (in 1 or 5 position)9. neck and bridge split blender together (in 1 or 5 postion)10. neck, middle, and bridge hum blended together (in 2 and 4 postion)11. neck, middle, bridge split (in 2 and 4 postion)12. bridge and middle out of phase13. bridge split/middle out of phase14. neck and middle out of phase15. neck, middle, and bridge hum out of phase16. neck/bridge split with middle out of phase Installation Installation is about a simple as it gets. Use a small Philips head screw driver (not included) to connect pickup, jack, and ground wires to the numbered solderless connectors. 1. Neck Hot2. Middle Hot3. Bridge Hot4. Middle Ground5. Jack Hot6. Jack Ground7. Neck Ground8. Bridge Ground9. Ground from bridge claw10. Extra ground for control cavity if needed.11. Neck Coil Split12.Bridge Coil Split SPECS-DIRECT FIT FOR AMERICAN OR MEXICAN STRATS-500k Bourns coil splitting push/pull pot on the master volume. Can split 2 pickups.-treble bleed mod on volume (100k resistor and .001uf cap) -500k Bourns push/pull master tone and middle pickup phase reversal -.022mfd Orange Drop capacitor (produces a smooth and even treble roll off when cutting back on the tone controls)-CTS 500k no load blend knob -Oak Grigsby 5 way switch-Vintage style pull back cloth wire (7 strand 22 gauge wire for the clearest signal path)-extra ground wire for the bridge claw-Fender Vintage Stratocaster Aluminum Shield -Wiring Diagram included About Smokey B's I am a guitar electronic specialist and tone enthusiast located in Oak Grove, OR. My custom wiring has been installed in over 11,000 guitars world wide. I was a lead tech and artist rep for many years with Seymour Duncan. I have helped guitar and bass players from bands like The Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Slash, Ozzy, Joe Walsh, Weezer, 311 and many more in search for their perfect tone. More than anything else, I am a guitar exploring sound surfer. Always chasing the new. I feel honored to be able to do what I love and share it with so many. My main goal is to help you fall in love with your guitar again. I offer pre-wired set ups for most any guitar. Custom orders are welcome!
Price: 90.25 USD
Location: Portland, Oregon
End Time: 2024-09-08T19:19:38.000Z
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Restocking Fee: 10%
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Fender, cts, bourns, Sprague Orange Drop, grigsby
Type: Quality Stratocaster Wiring Upgrade
Model: Ultimate Statocaster wiring harness upgrade
MPN: does not apply
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States