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Strat Mods: P/U toggle for Bridge+Neck combo
Joined: Jan 23, 2015 Posts: 105 |
Posted on Jul 29 2015 12:09 PM
It should be possible by exchanging bridge and middle wires (middle on position 5 and neck on position 3). Or by use of a superswitch, but I'd stick with the simple solution. That being said: I'd rather have all PU combinations then two tone-knobs (not using any of those), so I'd prefer the blender knob. Last edited: Jul 29, 2015 12:18:09 |
Joined: Jan 04, 2011 Posts: 1588 Berlin L-Berg 
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Posted on Jul 29 2015 02:16 PM
novamax wrote:
That's what my tech suggested. Any concerns? — |
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Joined: Jan 23, 2015 Posts: 105 |
Posted on Jul 29 2015 03:22 PM
Nope - Just that it costs about 20€, and what you have in mind can easily be realized with the original switch - if you accept switch positions deviating from the physical position of the PUps. Hardware will stay much closer to original condition (easier reversible by switching two cables), it's quite a bit less material and work costs, but electronic-wise identical result. However, if you expect your switch to exactly resemble the PUp positions (which you break up with your N-Br mod anyway...), you do need the flexibility of the superswitch. |
Joined: Mar 29, 2010 Posts: 324 Spain 
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Posted on Jul 30 2015 04:07 AM
shake_n_stomp wrote:
When I play with guitars with only two pickups the sound is full and round but with certain bite that sits very well in the mix. I am not going to explain that sound because everybody knows it here. But with the stratocaster and a push pull knob I find that the sound of the bridge plus neck pickups has a loss of presence and punch (not volume) and a sound that is closer to the sound of the 2nd and 4th position (I am not saying that I get quack from that position but that the sound tends more to that sound that to the sound I would get from a tele, jaguar, yamaha or whatever guitar with only two pickups you want to choose). It is a sound of its own, but not close to the round, grity and full sound you get from guitars with two pickups. That is what my ears say to me. I do not know if that would happens with a stratocaster with only two pickups and a three position switch, because I remember some videos of Shigeo Naka playing with a stratocaster with only two pickups and the sound of the middle position was gorgeous. —https://lospipelines.es/ Last edited: Jul 30, 2015 04:11:04 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3856 North Atlantic 
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Posted on Aug 21 2015 10:44 AM
I just got this pick up mod done on my Strat Plus. There is now a push pull pot on the volume knob that adds the bridge pick up to the neck pup in position 5, and all 3 pick ups on in position 4. With the volume knob pressed in, it switches like a normal 5 way strat. I played my first gig with it last night, using the neck/bridge set up exclusively, and loved the sound! There was no "quack", just a jaguar-ish sound. This guitar does have 3 Seymour Duncan Lipstick pups in in, so it is going to sound different than strat pups, of course. I also replaced the 6V6 tube in my reverb with a 6K6, which made a subtle difference too. Glad I did the mod. Rev —Canadian Surf http://www.urbansurfkings.com/ Last edited: Aug 21, 2015 10:44:45 |
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Joined: Jan 04, 2011 Posts: 1588 Berlin L-Berg
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Posted on Aug 21 2015 01:40 PM
Ha, I just did the update as well on both Strats. So it's B/B-N/M/M-N/N now. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3856 North Atlantic
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Posted on Aug 21 2015 03:48 PM
Nice. I thought about it for years, then after hearing Evan with the Boss Martians, I knew it was time (though I think he has a toggle switch on his). Rev —Canadian Surf |
Joined: Jul 20, 2016 Posts: 39 Sjobergastan,a small nation state hidden in the mountains of Taos Co. NM. |
Posted on Jul 28 2016 09:11 AM
I added a mini switch to my strats years ago. I think it's one super cool mod. I use the Br+N setting a large part of the time. What a great sound.It's always seamed strange to me that the boys at Fender didn't come up with this early on... —Salud! Mark |
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