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- #126,750 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
- #1,217 in Electric Guitar Electronics
All the components you'll need for wiring those pickups into your Strat®, plus a wiring diagram to show you how.
This premium kit features cloth-covered push-back wire–the right wire for Fender and vintage-style guitar circuitry. The pots in this kit are upgraded to CTS brand for longer life and a smoother, more accurate response.
Wiring Kit for Stratocaster includes
- 1/4" Switchcraft output jack (1)
- 250K CTS control pots (3)
- 0.047uF Orange Drop capacitor (1)
- CRL Lever Switch: 5-way lever switch with mounting screws
- Switch knobs: 1 white and 1 black
- Non-shielded cloth-insulated push-back circuit wire: 22 AWG, white, 12" long
- Non-shielded cloth-insulated push-back circuit wire: 22 AWG, black, 24" long
- Shielded braided push-back circuit wire: 22 AWG, 12" long
- Wiring diagram
Be sure your control knobs will fit: CTS pots have a fine-knurled 24-spline split shaft. Coarse-knurled knobs for imported Alpha pots won't fit.
CTS control pot specifications:
– Shaft diameter: 0.235" (5.95mm) split shaft, fine knurling
– Thread: 3/8" x 32
– Thread height: 3/8" (9.52mm)
– Required mounting hole diameter: 3/8" (9.52mm)
CRL 5-way lever switch specifications:
– Body cavity depth required: 1-3/8" (34.93mm)
– Mounting screw spacing: 1-5/8" (41.28mm)
– Lever stem: .052" x .188" (1.32mm x 4.78mm)
– Pickguard slot required: 1/16" x 1-1/16" (1.59mm x 26.99mm)
Hunter
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2023
After wiring up my stratocaster with what I assumed was "top of the line" components, it worked perfectly for about 3 days until something somewhere failed. I have checked over my wiring a dozen times, even tried to hunt down the bad component to no avail. I decided i'd just start completely over and save myself the headache of tracking down the bad part, so I bought genuine fender components to replace all of these, as well as cloth wire, shielding tape, and a NEW PICKGUARD and still came out under what I paid for this junk. Very disappointed and can honestly say I will not be buying anything else from golden age in the future.
Eduardo
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2023
a relative bought in the US, brought to Brazil, I installed, it worked for about a couple of months and then the pots started to crack... damn... no warranty... too bad
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2022
This kit WORKS👍👍 thanks stew Mac. What this kit has done to a cheap not so good sounding guitar is amazing. Just keep your work tidy and it will fit. Made this ol ax come alive. I’ve done guitar work and have played pro for close to 50 years so take my word! Need a upgrade ? This is it .!!
Terri C.
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020
Repaired my grandsons Strat - perfect fit and work great!
Joseph J. Kupiec Jr.
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018
all top shelf parts.....worth the price
Timmah
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018
Bought this kit to upgrade the components in my used 05' Squire Strat because it just sounded "dull". Also I didn't like the cheap Alpha pots which were 500K-ohm strangely and it had a cheap cap. The difference is night and day!! Would recommend this upgrade to anyone that owns a Squire Strat since they come with "cheaper" components. I can only imagine what it would sound like if/when I upgrade the pups!!Had enough wiring to do everything. If you plan on doing this yourself and are not experienced, just do your homework and look at other examples. The diagram does say though where to connect everything and tells you which wire to use where. On my Squire though, I did have to slightly ream out the pot holes on the pickguard and lengthen the switch slot because it seemed to have 1-2/32" extra throw. I also purchased Fender control knobs because the original Squire ones didn't fit.I did do a mod on mine where the bridge pickup is shared with the neck pickup tone pot so I can control it from there because before it never had a tone pot.
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