tonymckenziecom | 4 years ago
Your perfect Stratocaster guitar. Part 11: Electronics, the Fender 69 custom shop pickups and Fender mid boost board fit & test to confirm it works perfectly. I fit the pick guard and battery box also.
Contents:
Start 0:00
Intro & Preamble 0:15
The Pickups Choice 2:55
Fitting the pickups 8:12
Fit controls & mid-boost 9:31
Wiring of the pots 18:41
Completed wiring 21:39
Copper shielding 22:46
Grounding & battery box 24:22
Fit pickguard & testing 25:17
Screw on the pick guard 27:51
Finished installation 28:56
Summing up 29:34
What you will learn:
Is this wiring difficult to do?
Will the pickups sound good?
Is soldering easy?
How to test the wiring?
Can anyone do this?
Screening the body cavity?
Can any pickups be used?
Other videos in the series:
Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2HoYOlX1LULsuc9lfqQCvRMj3ZGxsaur
Part One: https://youtu.be/zFlXC2RJ2EQ Dye The Body
Part Two: https://youtu.be/4ym_6WpSvds Dye The Neck
Part Three: https://youtu.be/t5OBM2RosiY Routing for Fender Clapton Mid-boost Pre-amp
Part Four: https://youtu.be/wb5La9ybdTA The ABM 2 Point Tremolo - later returned
Part Five: https://youtu.be/JrDhkQRBwDE The Figured Maple Pick Guard
Part Six: https://youtu.be/B1vG4lkyH4Y Sealing the Water Based Dye
Part Seven: https://youtu.be/xaTp-_xrHWk Babicz Full Contact Hardware Tremolo
Part Eight: https://youtu.be/-jLRkg3WFjc Using acrylic clear coat for the body and neck
Part Nine: https://youtu.be/oDOpSgLCtaI Final Buffing The Parts & Fitting a Logo
Part Ten: https://youtu.be/tEY15uBxiUE Fitting the Tremolo & Tuners & Overcoming MAJOR Problems
Part Eleven: https://youtu.be/SFU7rxyWGwI Electronics - Fitting Pickups & Mid-Boost Board
Part Twelve: https://youtu.be/fjw1SK3-bkI Setup & playing of the finished electric guitar
This ELEVENTH video shows the choices of pickups and the mid-boost board from Fender that I purchased and some of the reasons exactly why I chose this specific combination of electrics for this Strat. Of course you can change them for others but I do have very valid reasons and maybe some you had not considered yourself.
The pickups are Fender's custom shop 69 pickups and there are important aspects of these pickups that become important as we proceed. For example, you will see that all three pickups are exactly the same for measurements, but also all three have increased treble and bass compared to mid outputs.
This led me to the second choice of electronics for this guitar, the Fender Clapton 'Mid Boost' board. What is important is that the Fender 69 Custom Shop pickups have a reduced mid, I am able to leave the mid as designed with the mid boost at minimum, but also to increase and importantly 'control' the mid range output with the boost board. Perfect for most lead guitar stuff if you have an emphasis on mid range - but also great if you prefer lower mid range too!
I also show how to minimize the hum or interference you might get by using and installing double sided copper tape for minimizing the RF and other spurious signals that could get to the amp from the guitar. Then I test the electronics and show how I did all of that. Mine works but did yours?
In Part 12 we end the series by showing a quick setup of the guitar and then example playing and tones. Check for yourself whether the mid control makes this guitar particularly great for most styles of music.
This video series has been completely funded by me, written and developed from scratch also and is not sponsored in any way. I purchased everything for the guitar. I trust that this series of videos inspires you too to have a go at creating a guitar yourself.
I have spent considerable time creating these video series at my expense:
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