Another Cool Strat Pickup Wiring Mod....

[Justaguyin_nc]

Neck Tones Clip

1. Neck only (stock tone)
2. Neck (in-phase) and bridge in series
3. Neck (out-of-phase) and bridge in series

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Thanks for the clips DVM... I was wondering what a Neck and Bridge sound like together... Fender came out with a Classic Player 50's Strat wired that way... seems pretty cool..but its like $800.00... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ter?sku=512766

Would like to hold that 2 tone... just for a little while..

Designed by Fender Custom Shop Master Builder, Dennis Galuszka.

The Classic Player 50s Stratocaster guitar features an alder body, a maple neck with a 9.5 radius, 21 medium jumbo frets and Gotoh vintage-style locking tuning machines. 57/62 vintage-style single-coil pickups (reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) with a 5-way switch and custom pickup switching offer distinct voicings, The electric guitar's custom 2-point vintage-style tremolo along with the Gotoh tuners let you whammy wildly while locking in your intonation.

Fender® Classic Player '50s Stratocaster Features:
Designed by Custom Shop Master Builder,
Dennis Galuszka
Alder body
Maple neck with a 9.5 radius
21 medium jumbo frets
Gotoh vintage-style locking tuning machines
57/62 vintage-style single-coil pickups (reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup)
Custom 2-point vintage-style tremolo
5-way switch and custom switching.

5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Neck and Bridge Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup

Would this be about the same as this mod wiring?

[duhvoodooman***]

5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Neck and Bridge Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup

Would this be about the same as this mod wiring?

Not really very comparable. This Classic Player 50's wiring adds the bridge & neck combo while dropping the neck & middle combo, so it's a substitution, not an addition. Personally, that seems like a nice tradeoff to me, since I find the neck-middle position to be the least useful of the 5 stock pickup choices. The bridge-neck should have more bite to it, I'd expect. One drawback is that it wouldn't be hum-cancelling, since the winding/polarity of the neck and bridge p'ups are the same.

Also, since you're still going through the 5-way switch and not using any special switch wiring, I would assume that the bridge & neck combo will have the two p'ups in parallel, as the 5-way Strat switch typically works. This will make for less power & fullness of tone than the "in series" combination you get from the wiring mod I did. You'd end up with more of that "quack" character to this pickup setting, I would think.

With the Strat Lover's wiring mod, you still get all 5 stock Strat tones plus 6 new ones, though a couple are of questionable usefulness. So it's a much more significant tonal upgrade, IMO, than what this Classic Player 50's wiring offers.