Fender Stratocaster 5 Way Switch Wiring Diagram. The pickup switch is the key to the stratocasters time honored tonal versatility because it controls which pickups or which combinations of pickups are on at any given time. Stratocaster wiring diagram 5 way switch download.
A strat normally has three pickups but only a 5 way selector switch but before we begin tinkering lets review the stock positions youll find on a run of the mill fender strat. Stratocaster wiring diagram 5 way switch stratocaster pickup wiring diagram luxury 1977 fender stratocaster wiring diagram 5 way switch free. This strat wiring diagram is based on our stratocaster wiring kit and makes use of vintage push back cloth wire and a 0047uf orange drop capacitor.
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For example with standard strat wiring the volume pot controls all three pickups whereas the two tone pots control one pickup each with the bridge pickup having no tone control at all. The classic 5 way switch wiring found in the fender strat. Well get into the common terminal a bit more later. The first thing we will need to do is solder the three pickups to the 5 way switch and the volume control fig 1.