Handmade prewired SSS NEODYMIUM Stacked coils PU's Strat pickguard with HB split on N&B, volume TR BL and mid PU cutoff switch

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Set of Strat SSS pickups wound and assembled by hand.

The pickup for the neck position and the one for the bridge position are equipped with two separate and stacked coils, both producing musical signal (these are not "noiseless" ones). Can be left working one coil, to have an authentic single coil character, or the two coils can be connected in series, via a switch, to obtain output levels and timbre of a super humbucker, in the spaces where Strat single coil, or "mini humbuckers" such as Hot Rails or JB, normally house.

The response to the touch, the dynamics, the naturalness, the richness of harmonics and the depth of the sound guaranteed by the neodymium magnets are unmatched in other types of magnets commonly used for the construction of guitar pickups, such as ferrite and AlNiCo.

The waxing was done in a bath of paraffin mixed with beeswax (3/1 w/w), to obtain immunity to the triggering of squeal maintained over time.

The copper wire used is AWG44.

POLE SPACING: PU at the neck 48 mm: middle 50 mm; bridge 52 mm.

The pickup coils are equipped with electromagnetic shielding (please see attached photos) in copper foil connected to the shielding bare / ground of the relative connection cables.

PREWIRED PICKGUARD:

As for the pickguard plate, it is also available in other colors (please ask before to buy). Knobs and pickup covers are available in white, black or cream.

Pickguard Model: DSC-ND (Double Stacked Coil- Neodymium) SSS

CONTROLS:

- VOLUME (B500K, Alpha), equipped with full range treble bleed;

- TONES (both A500K with 10nF / 100V MKP capacitor). The SECOND KNOB acts on the neck and middle pickups, while the THIRD KNOB acts only on the bridge one;

- Five-way selector;

- Push-pull switch of the second knob (tone control of the neck and middle pickups): by pulling up this knob you get the exclusion of the middle single coil pickup while, at the same time, the neck pickup and the bridge one will be connected in parallel, regardless of their operating status (ie the position in which the push pull switch controlled by the third knob is held). Once activated this mode, it always maintains the mentioned pickup configuration, regardless of the position taken by the five-way switch.

- Third knob push-pull switch (on the bridge pickup tone control): by pulling up this knob, both the neck and bridge puickups will work with both their coils operating and connected in series (FULL COIL OPERATION). By keeping the knob down, both neck and bridge pickups will work with only one coil operating (i.e. the upper one) (SINGLE COIL OPERATION).

All pickups are equipped with shielded wires. The back of the pickguard is fully shielded with aluminum foil. Consequently, if the guitar body is also properly shielded (for example, by means of an adhesive copper sheet), by installing this pickguard the entire electronics of the guitar will be surrounded by a complete electromagnetic shield.

The series resistances (Rs) of the pickups are the following: NECK pickup 17.6 Kohm in FULL COIL OPERATION / 9.8 Kohm in SINGLE COIL OPERATION - MIDDLE Single Coil 8.4 Kohm - BRIDGE pickup 19.2 Kohm in FULL COIL OPERATION / 10,6 Kohm in SINGLE COIL OPERATION.

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