Upgrading Standard Strat to Clapton Style Strat

[Fretz]

Hey Fretters

I've had an American Standard Strat for years, and I'm thinking of upgrading it a little bit :)
I like the idea of setting it up as a "Clapton Strat".
On ebay you can buy a loaded Clapton pickguard so installation should be pretty straight forward and also would be easy to switch back to the
standard Strat pickguard if I need to for some reason at a later stage.

So, if any of you guys have done something like this I'd love to hear how it worked out for you.

In particular I was wondering:
(1) Would the loaded Clapton pickguard fit my standard strat?
(2) Where I would put the battery that's required for the active circuit?
I know the Clapton strat has space allocated in the tremolo (near the springs), but of course a normal Standard Strat doesn't have this

Cheers
Fretz

[markb]

Hi, Fretz.

1) Yes, no problem.
2) You may be able to tuck the battery away in a corner of the control cavity. Wrap it in tape to stop it shorting anything. I had an active circuit in a strat years ago and there was plenty of room to squeeze in a 9 volt.

[Fretz]

Hi, Fretz.

1) Yes, no problem.
2) You may be able to tuck the battery away in a corner of the control cavity. Wrap it in tape to stop it shorting anything. I had an active circuit in a strat years ago and there was plenty of room to squeeze in a 9 volt.


Thanks Mark,

I guess the only issue then would be the effort required to change the battery when it runs out?
Anybody got any idea how long these batterys usualy last for?

Cheers
Fretz