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ID: 022 — Stratocaster HSS Upgrade

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Product Description

3-ply Pearloid American HSS Stratocaster upgrade gives you 35 pickup tones.

Soup Up your Stratocaster to get more pickup tone power and also increase your creativity and versatility with dozens of new pickup tones.

Your stock Stratocaster gives you 5 pickup tones. Now you can get a Grand Canyon Wide range of 35 Blues, Jazz, Metal, Surf, Country — plus the dozens of new and different pickup tones.

Includes Treble Bleed for "American Pro Stratocaster" result from your guitar.

Instruments You Can Upgrade

You can upgrade all HSS Stratocasters.

Want MORE Versatility?

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. Get pickup tones that are so "Fat" – they're OBESE!

Get MORE Pickup Tones with this upgrade.

Upgrade Options

• T3Plus (no pickups) - you install your pickups to get 35 pickup tones.
• T3Plus (with pickups) - you drop it in to get 35 pickup tones.

To Install This Upgrade

1. For no pickups option: You connect your pickup wires to the green solderless terminal strip
2. With pickups, connect your output jack wires to the marked wires.
3. Mount the upgrade and start exploring all the pickup tones now available.

Using The T3Plus Upgrade

This upgrade uses our T3Plus-Switch.

You get 35 pickup tones with this upgrade.

You can hear the difference

This page has MP3 audio clips to hear what the T3Plus-Switch offers.

What You Get

Select one of these options.

• Bare Pearloid Stratocaster HSS upgrade. You install your pickups to get 35 pickup tones.


• Loaded Pearloid Stratocaster HSS upgrade. Includes our AweSome standard pickups to give you 35 pickup tones.

(also includes with either choice)


• Parts bag
• URL to download easy-to-follow instructions from our website Document Library

Special Notes:

1. Some models (Squier, etc.) may need body routing for proper fit.
2. Floyd Rose or other non-standard tremolo bridge require pickguard material removal for proper fit.
3. Elite models with adjustment wheel at end of neck require pickguard material removal.

Tools You Need

You need these tools.

• Wire cutters / wire strippers
• Pliers
• Phillips & straight slot screwdriver

Supporting Documents

The following documents apply to this product. They are also available on our document library page.

• Installation document.
• T3Plus-Switch use.
• Pickup tone mapping sheet 35 tones.

30-Day Return Policy

You get a 30-Day Return Guarantee. Buyer receives full refund in their original payment method. See our FAQ for details.

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Ask questions before purchasing. Purchaser assumes all risk of liability with respect to the installation and use of these products.

This switching system cannot be directly used with active (battery-powered) pickups or pizeo pickups.