Beef Up Strat Tone Mod

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Beef Up Strat Tone Mod

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An interesting mod, although there are plenty of wiring mods, this one is not invasive if using a push/pull or push/push pot.
The added tones sound nice for some jazzy or mellow songs. It just costs a switch or pot price and a bit of soldering.

Here's a demo of the new tones:
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There is a tutorial in the Youtube page video description.

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What you get with this setup is that on your five-way pup selector, with the push/pull PULLED:
In positions ONE and TWO, the neck only and neck-and-middle, you get the NECK pup only.
In position THREE, middle only, you get the MIDDLE and NECK in SERIES. Fatter than a normal Strat parallel setup, but still plenty of "quack."
In position FOUR, middle and bridge, you get the BRIDGE and MID parallel and in SERIES with the NECK.
All three pups for some good quack, and creatively wired to make it nice and FAT.
In position FIVE, the bridge only, you get the BRIDGE and NECK in SERIES. Very "Gibson-y" tone.
Jan 15th 2007
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Re: Beef Up Strat Tone Mod

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An interesting mod, the sound examples are really good. I already replaced a PU with a humbucker and use the push-pull poti for splitting it, but this mod seems to work similar without the need for a new PU.
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Re: Beef Up Strat Tone Mod

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Here is a wiring schematics with a push/pull pot:

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Jan 15th 2007
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