• Affinity Series Stratocaster HSS
• American Deluxe Fat Stratocaster HSS
• American Deluxe Strat PLUS HSS
• American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS
• American Elite Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker
• American Professional Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker
• American Special Stratocaster HSS
• American Standard Stratocaster HSS
• American Standard Stratocaster HSS Shawbucker
• Black and Chrome Standard Stratocaster HSS
• Black Paisley Stratocaster HSS
• Bullet Strat with Tremolo HSS
• Custom Shop '62 Mod Squad Strat with Tremolo HSS
• Deluxe Fat Stratocaster
• Deluxe Lone Star Stratocaster
• FSR American Special Stratocaster HSS
• Highway 1 Stratocaster HSS
• Limited Edition 1969 Relic Stratocaster HSS
• Limited Edition American Special Stratocaster HSS
• Lone Star Stratocaster
• Modern Player Stratocaster HSS
• Road Worn Player Stratocaster
• Select Stratocaster HSS
• Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS
• Squier Standard Stratocaster HSS
• Standard Stratocaster HSS
• Standard Stratocaster HSS PLUS Top
• Standard Stratocaster HSS with Floyd Rose
• Vintage Modified Stratocaster HSS

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(Things you CANNOT do on your standard Stratocaster!)

• Turn on both the Bridge and Neck pickups in normal-phase and in parallel to make it sound like a "standard" Telecaster.
• Put the Bridge and Neck pickups in normal-phase and in series to create a well-rounded Jazz sound.
• Put the Bridge and Neck pickups in reverse-phase and in parallel to get glass-shattering country twang sound.
• Put the Bridge and Neck pickups in reverse-phase and in series to get a more robust country twang sound.
• Put any/all pickups in either normal-phase or reverse-phase.
• Put any/all pickups in either parallel or series.
• You can turn on all three pickups at the same time.
• Our tone control even lets you "tame" the harshness of the bridge pickup.
• You will still have your original 5 pickup tones, but you will now have a total of 35, 60, 102 additional unique (35 total) pickup tones.

This upgrade also gives you those Brian May (guitarist for Queen) "red special" pickup sounds because you can instantly put any two or all three pickups into series (you cannot do this on your standard Stratocaster.)   And when you put two select pickups in series, you can turn on the remaining pickup in parallel (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase) and this is something even Brian May's red special guitar cannot do. This upgrade will give you incredible pickup tones that are so "Fat" – they're OBESE!

This EZ-Install AweSome upgrade for your Stratocaster gives you complete and total control over your pickups.   And because you can independently control each pickup, you can turn each one on in normal-phase or reverse-phase, and you can also put them in parallel-connection or series-connection with one or more pickups. The bottom line is that you can get more pickup tones from your AweSome upgraded Stratocaster that currently gives you only five pickup tones.

This unique upgrade also gives you the Signature Sounds of ALL guitar gods of every headliner group since the 1940s.

When used In The Studio, your AweSome upgraded Stratocaster will have an incredible spectrum of 35, 68 or 102 unique pickup tones that are impossible to produce with a "stock" instrument.

When used On Stage, your upgraded Stratocaster will give you incredible Signature Sounds that nobody else can easily duplicate. And over time, you can even "morph" your Signature Sounds to keep your fans interested in what you offer.

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  SW4  SW5  SW6  SW1  SW2  SW3 

How It Works

There are two "groups" of switches: (SW4, SW5, SW6)   -and-  (SW1, SW2, SW3)

The first group of switches (SW1, SW2 and SW3) are ON-OFF-ON switches used to turn an individual pickup Off and On. The middle position of each switch is Off. The down position turns the pickup On (in normal-phase) and the Up position turns the pickup on (in reverse-phase).

SW1 controls the Bridge pickup
SW2 controls the Middle pickup
SW3 controls the Neck pickup

When you use these three switches (with SW4, SW5, SW6 all in the Down position), you get 13 different pickup tones from the combinations of three pickup coils being Off or On (either in normal-phase or in reverse-phase). It is also due to the combination of the pickup coils being in a Parallel circuit.

The second group of switches (SW4, SW5 and SW6) are ON-ON switches are used to put select pickups into a Series circuit.
Two things to remember when using this second group of switches:

First, putting two or three pickups in Series circuit creates a "Compound" (i.e., Humbucker) pickup that gives you about 8 to 15 percent More output (think Heavy Metal/Jazz tone).

Second, because ALL the pickups are in a Series circuit, those pickups MUST be On (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase). Any non-Series circuit pickup can be either Off or On (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase).

Using the Second Group of Switches

Starting with switches SW4, SW5 and SW6 in the Down position;

Put switch SW4 in the Up position and the Bridge pickup and Middle pickup are in a Series circuit. You MUST turn On both the Bridge pickup and the Middle pickup using switches SW1 and SW2 (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase) to hear any sound. In this example, the Neck pickup (controlled by SW3) can be either Off or On (in normal-phase or reverse-phase).

Put switch SW5 in the Up position and the Bridge pickup and Neck pickup are in a Series circuit. You MUST turn On both the Bridge pickup and the Neck pickup using switches SW1 and SW3 (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase) to hear any sound. In this example, the Middle pickup (controlled by SW2) can be either Off or On (in normal-phase or reverse-phase).

Put switch SW6 in the Up position and the Middle pickup and Neck pickup are in a Series circuit. You MUST turn On both the Middle pickup and the Neck pickup using switches SW2 and SW3 (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase) to hear any sound. In this example, the Bridge pickup (controlled by SW1) can be either Off or On (in normal-phase or reverse-phase).

Put both switches SW4 and SW6 into the Up position and all three pickups are in a Series circuit. You MUST turn On ALL of the pickups using switches SW1, SW2 and SW3 (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase) to hear any sound. This gives you an incredible overdriven bass sound in spades. It also gives you Brian May's heavy metal tones.

You get 35 pickup tones with this upgrade.

Using The T4 Upgrade

This upgrade uses our T4-Switch.

There are really two "groups" of switches:
    (SW1, S5B, SW2)         -and-         (SW3, S5N, SW4)
(control bridge coils)                         (control middle and neck coils)

Here is how the switches are used:

Switches SW1, SW2, SW3 and SW4 are ON-OFF-ON switches used to turn an individual pickup coil Off and On. The middle position of each switch is Off. The down position turns the pickup On (in normal-phase) and the Up position turns the pickup On (in reverse-phase).

When you use these four switches (with S5B and S5N in the Down position), you get 29 different pickup tones from the combinations of four pickup coils being Off or On (either in normal-phase or in reverse-phase). It is also due to the combination of the pickup coils being in a Parallel circuit.

Switches S5B and S5N are ON-ON (a.k.a. ON-NONE-ON) switches that are used to put select pickup coils into a Series circuit when in the Up position. When Down, the select pickup coils are in a Parallel circuit.

Here are two things you must remember when putting pickup coils into a Series circuit:

First, putting two pickup coils in a Series circuit creates a "Compound" (i.e., Humbucker) pickup that gives you about 8 to 15 percent More output (think Heavy Metal/Jazz tone).

Second, because the pickup coils are in a Series circuit, BOTH pickup coils that are in Series MUST be On (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase). Any non-Series circuit pickup can be either Off or On (either in normal-phase or reverse-phase).

What Each Switch Controls

Switch SW1: Turns on (south bridge) pickup coil #1 (down is normal-phase, up is reverse-phase, center is Off.)
Switch S5B: Puts both (bridge) pickup coils #1 and #2 into a Series circuit when Up. Both pickup coils MUST be On.
Switch SW2: Turns on (north bridge) pickup coil #2 (down is normal-phase, up is reverse-phase, center is Off.)

Switch SW3: Turns on (middle) pickup coil (down is normal-phase, up is reverse-phase, center is Off.)
Switch S5N: Puts both (middle and neck) pickups into a Series circuit when Up. Both pickup coils MUST be On.
Switch SW4: Turns on (neck) pickup coil (down is normal-phase, up is reverse-phase, center is Off.)

For product ID 020c and 020d, the various combinations of all of these switches will give you 68 pickup tones.

For product ID 020e and 020f, the additional push-pull Tone control puts the north bridge and middle pickup coils into a series circuit. This gives you 34 additional (102 total) pickup tones, several of which are QuadraBucker^TM pickup tones (all four pickup coils in series).

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