Prewired Stratocaster plate assembly circuit 50's blend 7 positions

Prewired Stratocaster plate assembly circuit 50's blend 7 positions

Pre-wired Stratocaster plate assembly circuit 50's blender (mixer) offering 7 positions, 250K CTS USA volume with a choice of linear or audio/log, 250K vintage tone for all microphone combinations, 250K blender controller, 5-position Grisby selector, Sprague .047uf/ capacitor 200V.

Fender Strat® circuit 50's pre-wired plate with blender

• CTS 250K audio/log or modern linear volume (choice when ordering) +/- 5%;
• Serial treble-bleed (.002uf/160K) on the master volume to maintain high frequencies when the guitar volume is reduced;
• Master tone for all positions CTS 250K vintage audio/log +/- 5% (short socket);
• vintage CTS 250K blender volume controller (long socket);
• Sprague Orange Drop polyester capacitor .047uf;
• Modern Grisby 5-position selector Fender standard USA ;
• Aluminum conductor/insulator mounting plate "Fender 57 assy shield" 001-9640-000.

50's style Stratocaster Blender circuit, how does it work?

What is “blend-Circuit”? A system which simply offers 7 positions instead of the traditional 5 of the selector. The first potentiometer is a master volume, the No. 1 tone potentiometer works for the three pickups on all combinations of the selector. Tone potentiometer No. 2 is a "blender" or "mixer" volume: When you turn the potentiometer counterclockwise, you activate the neck pickup volume on positions 1 and 2 of the selector and in position 4 and 5 you activate the pickup bridge, the blend circuit does not work in position 3 of the selector. Clockwise you cut the pickup volume and you keep your usual 5 positions.

The "blend circuit" offers your Strat® the 7 positions in parallel like a switch or a push-push using an independent volume potentiometer. With a single tone knob for all selector positions, without additional switches or toogles. The sound is more funky, bright and compressed in saturation. You get Jaguar -style sounds and Telecaster tones by combining neck pickup and bridge pickup in parallel. You balance the volume of the added pickup .

Attention!!! This plate may not be compatible with 4-ply pickguards with a thickness greater than 2.3mm.