Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
This is a speeded up video of the assembly and wiring of a replacement pickguard for my 2012 Fender American Standard Stratocaster. This is intended for curiosity value only, not an instructional video because there are many detailed videos with commentary on Youtube to show you the various methods of wiring a Strat pickguard. Further details are available on my website:
dsgb.net/2021/01/04/stratwiring
The components used are as follows:
- genuine Fender 11 hole pearloid pick guard for three single coil pickups
- Oak Grigsby 5-way blade switch
- Three Fender supplied CTS 250 kOhm log/audio taper potentiometers measuring 202, 220 and 259 kOhm
- Vintage specification single coil pickups hand made by Ade Turner of Adeson Fenton Weill in Burbage, Wiltshire, U.K. DC resistances 6.29, 6.30 and 6.31 kOhm, inductances 2.20, 2.34 and 2.26 H.
- 22 nF tone capacitor supplied with the pots instead of the standard 47 nF variant.
Please check out my other YouTube videos and visit my website, dsgb.net for a wealth of information on Brian May's guitars and musical equipment, event reviews and other guitar related projects.
#Fender #Stratocaster #dsgb #DougShortGuitarBlog
This is a speeded up video of the assembly and wiring of a replacement pickguard for my 2012 Fender American Standard Stratocaster. This is intended for curiosity value only, not an instructional video because there are many detailed videos with commentary on Youtube to show you the various methods of wiring a Strat pickguard. Further details are available on my website:
dsgb.net/2021/01/04/stratwiring
The components used are as follows:
- genuine Fender 11 hole pearloid pick guard for three single coil pickups
- Oak Grigsby 5-way blade switch
- Three Fender supplied CTS 250 kOhm log/audio taper potentiometers measuring 202, 220 and 259 kOhm
- Vintage specification single coil pickups hand made by Ade Turner of Adeson Fenton Weill in Burbage, Wiltshire, U.K. DC resistances 6.29, 6.30 and 6.31 kOhm, inductances 2.20, 2.34 and 2.26 H.
- 22 nF tone capacitor supplied with the pots instead of the standard 47 nF variant.
Please check out my other YouTube videos and visit my website, dsgb.net for a wealth of information on Brian May's guitars and musical equipment, event reviews and other guitar related projects.
#Fender #Stratocaster #dsgb #DougShortGuitarBlog
