Hand-wired Late 1960's style Stratocaster wiring harness upgrade for American or Mexican Fender Stratocasters
-This wiring set up features CTS dish back 250k vintage style potentiometers, a .05uf ceramic disk capacitor like what was used in Fender Stratocasters during the late 60's, a 3 way switch, and vintage style pull back cloth wire. It was around 68-69 that fender change from the .1uf capacitors to .05 and .047.
-When compared to modern strats with .022 caps, the .05uf ceremic disc capacitor affects a wider sweep on the the high and upper mid frequencies. When the tone is all the way up on 10 you will notice the sound is a little warmer with slightly rounded off highs The tone is quite a bit brighter with more treble when compared to strats in the 50's through most of the 60's with a .1 cap.
-Wired to vintage spec with a master volume, the middle tone controls the neck pickup and the bottom tone controls the middle pickup. There is no tone for the bridge pickup.
-The CTS dish back vintage style pots have a shorter threaded bushing designed for a stratocaster pickguard. The backs of the pots have the 'dish back' indent like many of the pots used in the 50's and 60's.
-This has a 3 way switch like the strats in the 50's and 60's. Fender switched to the 5 way switch in the mid 70's. If you prefer a five way switch feel free to send me a message.
Hand wired with the highest quality parts and cleanest solder connections from a professional guitar tech.
Ingredients
-3 x vintage style CTS Dish Back 250k pots
-V/T/T (master volume, middle tone for the neck, bottom tone for middle pickup)
-.05UF Ceramic Disc capacitor
-Vintage style pull back cloth wire (7 strand 22 gauge wire for the clearest signal path)
-Fender style Vintage Stratocaster Aluminum Shield
-Oak Grigsby 3 Way
-Wiring diagram included
About Smokey B's
I am a guitar electronic specialist and tone enthusiast. My custom wiring has been installed in over 10,000 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!