All finished. Turned out pretty good for a beginner i think. I was a little nervous when there was resistance dropping the pickguard in to see where I was at mid wire but once i finished the grounding and clipped excess away all was fine. These things sound great. The Lace pups were nice but these just added that one thing thought i was missing. jumping the bridge and middle pup tone together was the right thing to do for me. i find i actually use the tone knobs now, especially in conjunction with the volume kit so i can darken the tone if i like or keep it bright when i lower the volume. I may change caps to .047uf on the next string change but thats not a huge deal now. Glad i went with the toggle switch too for adding bridge so i have extra tone options... anyhoo... pics are below. Hopefully you guys think i did ok for a novice.

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Howdy Captainc!

Now, that's some tidy wiring you have there and the pic's (which BTW, are nice and clear) are much appreciated. I'm a Big fan of a mini toggle switch for the extra 2 pup combos!

So... now you've caught the wiring bug, what are you planning for the next one?

Congrats on a job well done and enjoy!

Andy

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Looking good Cap.!

ok, so here's the next project before I start routing for my STRAT-MASTER. I' going to swap out the stock ups in my MIJ Jazzmaster with some hot strat pups. I want the stagger reversed in there too! So, new pots, caps, and a little jerry-rigging ought to get her sounding HOT! Try to get some pics soon!

Much appreciated guys. I'm LOVING these.


can't wait to see the results.

Plan is to eventually get either a Seymour Duncan SSL-5 for the bridge or a SD hotrail. I also might try and recess the toggle switch and get a new pickguard. Wish i knew someone with a machine shop to help with the bracket... Stratcat wants 80 bucks for the pickguard with bracket for the recessed toggle and pre slotted pickguard. I also have a no load pot on hand so might put that in place of the neck tone control to see how that does.

I'd LOVE to do another full wiring job but since I cant afford all the parts for another strat at the moment, i may try out a pedal kit. I found this site and this is right up my alley.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/

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Cool beans, I have the JAG upper control plate ordered. Hopefully it'll be here soon so I can start measuring and route my strat. I think I'm going to order a pickguard from warmoth, 3-ply- black/white/black with just the bridge and neck pup holes. I think the black guard would look great on this galactic purple body! Pics coming soon!

So I got the hot 60's repro GFS strat pups in the jazzmaster, along with new 250K CTS pots and a .047mf ORANGE DROP cap. Sounds good, but I've yet to play her through the big boy amp! We'll see how it goes, if she's not sounding good, I also ordered a new set of 1MEG CTS pots and a .028mf oil cap and will restore her to original glory. Also, while I'm here, here's a couple of pics for the strat-master mock up!