nivramarvin wrote:cockroach wrote:... and to also modify the Strat so that you have a tone control which works on the bridge pickup as well as the neck and middle pickups.
I modified my Fenix Strat so that the 2nd tone control works on the bridge pickup instead of the middle PU. So I can reduce the sharpness of the bridge pickup, while I never use a tone control for the middle pickup.
For years I've swapped pickups around on Strat type guitars- this only works if all three pickups are essentially the same (i.e. if there is no 'hot' after market pickup)
Just swap the positions of the bridge and middle pickups- no soldering necessary...then with the standard Strat circuit you now have:
position 1. neck pickup with its own tone control
position 2. neck + bridge each with a separate tone control
position 3. bridge only with its own tone control
position 4. middle + bridge- with tone control for bridge only
position 5. middle pickup only- no tone control. sounds OK without it..
Works well for me, and includes the neck+ bridge setting like a Tele or other two pickup guitar..