I want to install a used set of Fender Vintage noiseless pickups I have and am unsure what is considered the "stock" set up.
In an older 1999 Frontline catalog I have from when the pups were new, it says the 3 pickups came new with
-(3) 1 meg pots
-(1) .022mf capacitor
-(1) 1 meg resistor
I checked the 2008 parts list for a Deluxe Players Strat, which has the same pups, and the items installed in that guitar are different
-(1) 250k volume pot
-(1) 500k A-taper w/ .022uf cap tone pot
-(1) 500k A-taper tone pot
no resistor listed
My question is, which set up is best to get the most from these nice pickups? Also, how is the 1 meg resistor wired up?
If any of you Strat folks can shed some light on this, I would appreciate it

Since wiring is not that difficult to do and can be rather fun why not experiment?

I know I would try 3 CTS 250k Audio Taper pots and .022 caps on the tone controls.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

The 1 Meg will make it super bright sounding, which may or may not be good. Vin. Noiseless are a bit thin, so you may not want it. I originally had 1 Meg on my Area 58/61's, I went down to 500k, now Im using 250k, which I like the best.

I use all 250K and the OEM cap. IMO, they [now] sound similar to DiMarzio's Area 67s. YMMV.

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