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Loaded Dark Brown Tortoise HSS Pickguard for Strat.

7-Way Switching (Gilmour Mod), Split Tone, Coil Split

Guitar Madness Hot Alnico 5 Bridge W/Alnico 5 Flat Pole 62z's

StewMac Branded CTS Potentiometers = Better Quality/Better Tolerances 

*This pickguard is for a Two or Three Screw Humbucker*

**Protective Plastic Film Still on Pickguard**

***Requires a Minimum of 1-3/8” depth in control cavity***

****Ships in a USPS Priority Box****

Components:

*1 Guitar Madness Alnico 5 Hot Bridge Humbucker

*1 Guitar Madness Neck & Middle Flat Pole Alnico 5 62z's

*1 4-Ply Dark Brown Tortoise HSS Pickguard

*1 Oak Grigsby 5-Way Switch

*1 Mini Toggle Switch

*1 CTS 500K Potentiometer (Volume Pot)

*1 CTS 250K Potentiometer (Neck & Middle Tone Pot)

*1 CTS 500K Push/Pull Potentiometer (Bridge Tone & Bridge Coil Tap)

*1 Orange Drop .047uf Capacitor (Neck and Middle Tone Cap)

*1 Orange Drop .022uf Capacitor (Bridge Tone Cap)

*1 Treble Bleed (Orange Drop .001uf Cap W/150Kohm Resister)

*2 Cream Single Coil Covers

*3 Cream Knobs

*1 Cream Switch Knob

* Gavitt Cloth Wiring 

7-Way Switching: The Pickguard is equipped with a mini toggle switch. When flipped forward it activates the Neck Pickup. When the 5-Way Switch is in the Bridge Position the Neck and Bridge Pickups are Active. In the Middle/Bridge Position, All Pickups are Active. This is sometimes called the Gilmour Mod.  Named after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Fame.

 Split Tone Mod:  The Neck and Middle Pickups share a Tone Pot, while the Bridge Pickup has a Tone Pot of its own. When the 5-Way Switch is in the Middle/Bridge Position, both Tone Pots are Active allowing you to blend the tone of the two Pots. And, because this has 7-Way Switching, there are even more blending options. A very nice option indeed!

 Treble Bleed:

A Treble Bleed allows the highs to pass through the Volume pot as you roll off the Volume. What this does is keep the Brightness and the Clarity of the pickups the same as you roll down the volume. You have the same clarity and brightness at 10 as you would at 9,8,7,6 and so on. This is super nice!

Bridge Coil Split:

The Bottom Tone Pot is a Push/Pull Pot. When the knob is pulled up it cuts the coil on the Bridge Humbucker making it a single coil. Perfect for when you want a more traditional Strat sound.

Guitar Madness Hot Alnico 5 Humbucker:

These are hot wound for a phenomenal lead sound. Want to talk about awesome harmonics when you use a hard pick attack with a tad bit of palm muting! These are not shrill like ceramic magnets; they have a nice rich sound. The perfect complement to the premium wound PUPS.

Guitar Madness Alnico 5 62z Flat Pole Neck and Middle Pickups:

These are excellent sounding Alnico 5 Pickups. They have a nice vintage output. Replicated to sound like the classic 60’s single coils. Surf, Country, Blues, Vintage Rock and Rock are all in this Pickups’ wheelhouse. One of my personal favorites and an excellent complement to the Hot Humbucker. 

This is a great way to update your Stratocaster. We only use Top-of-the-Line Components, and that makes all the difference.