Installing a Strat Bridge Pickup Base Plate

[@charlieg7388]

Cool video. I've had some Seymour Duncan antiquity vintage 60s pickups installed in my Mexican nitro strat. They sing and nail the Hendrix tone to a tee

[@gustavogranado6696]

Hello, I live in Mendoza, Argentina. Thanks for sharing. A question. What material is the board made of? common iron? or some alloy?

[@TheForce_Productions]

Puede ser de diferentes tipos de metales y espesores.

[@wojciechstecyszyn6040]

Can it be done on ceramic single coil?

[@robertritchie2860]

Let us know how it goes. I have a custom shop 1969 (black strat with a maple board) from 2006 and I find the bridge pick-up is a bit thin too ... so it will be interesting to see if your mod makes a difference. My strat is great for those early Blackmore tones - good for Hendrix too of course:) I prefer the old tone pots, when reducing the volume its adds a nice think tone to your cleans (i.e. the treble is rolled off). Personally I don't like the grease bucket type tone pots on modern Fenders

[@patrickbrown73]

Good info. Was curious what kind of cap you have there? Also... was guessing but wondering if you run without a treble bleed.

[@TheDesertRat31]

Patrick Brown it's an orange drop capacitor. It's hard to tell, but it looks like there's a treble bleed kit. I personally find the "50s wiring" to do a better of preserving the highs when rolling down the volume, and keeping the sound from thinning out. The treble bleed kits tend to do that.

[@millstap]

I'm not sure what the value is. I think I've looked before but forgot. Since this is stock Nash wiring, I guess I need to investigate further. I did find what Bob C is referring to, the "50's wiring." www.premierguitar.com/articles/Gibson_50s_wiring_on_a_Stratocaster. I think I would try this first. But, first I need to look at it again because I didn't think it had a treble bleed circuit. I do know that they wire the bridge pickup to work with the tone control. I need to experiment some soon. I don't ever feel the need to add treble because with all of the gain I have when using the fuzz and OCD, I normally run my volume between 4-7 and feel that I am not losing any tone in any of the pickups. I won't know until I experiment. Thanks for the comment. It's back to the table as soon as I feel like taking it apart again.

[@patrickbrown73]

Always fun to tinker... when you have the time! I have a great NOS Cornell First Fuzz. It sounds awesome and cleans up with beautiful sparkle. It’s my primary fuzz and my strat doesn’t have a treble bleed. I think that it’s a perfect combination. If the strat had a treble bleed I think the roll of on the fuzz wouldn’t be as great as it is.

[@TheForce_Productions]

Hi. Lindy uses wax in both sides of the plate, against the polepieces side and in where you soldered the ground wire.

[@millstap]

Wax works well. I've used both wax and silicone.

[@EdEddnEddyMercury]

What was the difference you heard in the other pickups?

[@millstap]

They all seemed to have a little more output but I mainly just the bridge pup.

[@I.Kamintsev]

did baseplate add microphonic effect in your case?

[@millstap]

No, but you have to be sure you either use wax or silicon between the plate and the pickup or it will squeal really badly.

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia, they just run em dry for some reason. They must be purists.

[@klauscottonswab2322]

Magnets De-magnetize with heat !

[@RaptorV1USA]

meh enough heat to melt a little wax is not going to cause a problem