David Gilmour 7 Way Fender Stratocaster pre-wired pickguard upgrade with the Seymour Duncan SSL-5 Duncan Custom bridge and SSL-1 Vintage neck and middle RWRP single coil pickups. Direct fit for American or Mexican Fender Stratocasters. (Note: the pickguard picture in this listing is for reference. The Seymour Duncan pickups and the David Gilmour wiring with the mini toggle will be installed on the pickgard.
Features a mini toggle switch that when pulled up turns the neck pickup on in any position. This gives you the ability to have the neck/bridge or neck/middle/bridge pickup combinations in addition to the standard 5 way.
Hand wired with the highest quality parts and cleanest solder connections from a professional guitar tech. This wiring harness will give you the clearest signal possible with even and balanced volume/tone roll off. The middle tone is wired for the neck pickup and the bottom tone is wired to work for the middle and bridge pickups (a stock strat does not have tone for the bridge).
Seymour Duncan SSL-5 Custom for Stratocaster bridge
David Gilmour needed a pumped-up sound for his famous Black Strat, so Seymour wound what became the Custom Staggered medium-output Stratocaster pickup. It has been, and continues to be, an honor to work with such a legend. The Custom Staggered is a special overwound single-coil that strikes a great balance between increased output and classic Stratocaster tonal character. It will deliver bigger, fatter chords, and will cut through the mix more clearly than a traditional Strat pickup, all the while maintaining the magic and mojo that make a Strat sound like a Strat. Single notes are bold and loud, and solos truly sing.
SSL-1 Vintage Ca 50's
Period-correct vintage output Strat pickups (SSL-1) that deliver all the authentic chime and bell tone enjoyed by Stratocaster players during the 50s.
The Vintage Staggered for Stratocaster pickups (SSL-1) use hand-ground alnico 5 rod magnets and heavy Formvar mag wire with a special wind pattern to produce that bright, glassy, bell tone with all of the bounce and sparkle you would expect from the best Strat pickups from the 50s. The treble attack is crisp and immediate, while the low end remains articulate and focused. Chords ring out with clear note-to-note separation.
The three pickup combination includes a standard wound neck and bridge pickup, and an RWRP, reverse wind reverse polarity, middle pickup for noise cancellation in the in-between positions. Since 1978, we’ve been building all our vintage Fender style single coil pickups with the right color and thickness of Forbon flatwork, along with the period correct magnet stagger. Each pickup comes complete with waxed and tinned cloth pushback hook-up wires and traditional keyed bottom plate. We hand file the flatwork, assemble, and lacquer the bobbin just as it was done during Fender’s Golden Age.
The Vintage Staggered for Strat pickups are hand built in Santa Barbara, CA and are potted in our wax formulation for squeal free performance.
Smokey B's Custom 7 Way David Gilmour Stratocaster Wiring
-Black 1 ply 8 hole stratocaster pickguard
-White knobs/covers
-3 x vintage style CTS 250k pots (CTS makes the highest quality poteniometers with consistant and reliable readings).
-V/T/T (master volume, middle tone for the neck, bottom tone for middle/bridge)
-mini toggle for "neck on" 7 way
-.022mfd Orange Drop capacitor (produces a smooth and even treble roll off when cutting back on the tone controls)
-Vintage style pull back cloth wire (7 strand 22 gauge wire for the clearest signal path)
-Fender Vintage Stratocaster Aluminum Shield
-middle tone for neck pickup
-bottom tone for mid/bridge pickup
-Oak Grigsby 5 Way
-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! Visit my eBay store for pre-wired set ups.