hss

Hello all, I am having a little bit of difficulty figuring this one out and am realizing this may not be possible with my current setup. I have an HSS stratocaster I am trying to setup with a regular 5 way control switch. I wired the pickguard exactly the same as the wiring diagram for the...

Hey, y’all! So I recently was given a Squier Bullet HSS Hardtail. The craftsmanship on it is nearly as good as an American Professional a friend of mine has, with a couple issues: 1, the frets are a bit sharp, but that I’m going to just smooth over (carpenter by trade). 2, the biggest thing...

Hey all of you lovely Fender-Nerds out there, :-) just a short introduction: I am Johannes and am living in Denmark. I have a Japan Fender from the 1980's with the serial number E709513 and I don't have any idea about what this is. So, maybe can you help me out with getting closer to the...

This is a partscaster I built from a 2021 Bullet Strat neck. This became the second guitar I owned (which infected me with GAS). I built this as a standard SSS Strat late 2021, but as time went on I started getting crazy ideas. I tried combining two different selector switch setups (the...

Hey y'all, first time poster here. I'm an amateur at soldering and wiring in general so I was wondering if i could get help on a mod for my HSS American Pro II strat. It's got some weird stuff I haven't seen on other 7 way switch mod schematics such as the 250k/500k dual pot, the treble bleeds...

Hello! I wasn't sure if this will belong to the pickup discussion, but since I felt like this is more of an general strat usage question (not asking for a specific pickup) I will try here first. I am coming from a super strat and les paul world, all HH. Recently got in love with neck single...

I couldn't pass off the opportunity to buy this axe after deciding on getting another guitar for a new project. Yes, there are some dings and rusted screws to deal with, and some of the electronics leave a lot to be desired, however the neck and action is quite nice and has 22 frets to boot. And...

Hi all. So I have received my Humbucker Pickup to convert my SSS to HSS. Now I am completely confused with the tone pot config. The SSS setup had 250k volume and 250k for both tone pots with a .47 cap. I have bought a 500k pot for the volume, but now I have so much conflicting info on the...

Hi all, I have just installed a Fender Double Tap in my American Special Strat. I have used a 500k push pull pot for the Humbucker tone pot, and all mostly works fine, the bridge splits ok when the push pull pot is pulled. One issue I do have is that in position 2 (middle pup and bridge) it...

I've got a 2015 USA Pro HSS with an S-1 switch for coil splitting on the bridge I'm looking to add a half blender with a 250k no-load pot and use a push-pull pot to add a series switch for the two single coils Anyone have any experience with this? In all my searching, I have yet to find...

I have a 1600 dollar gibson sg special and i have a martin 000 but my mexican fender is and seems like it always will by my number 1 girl. I've swapped pickups quite a few times and earlier in 2021 I put an obsidian wire kit in to convert to hss. (With the 7 way mod.) Currently I have an...

Hi all. Said I would put this here. Got a Capri PF HSS Strat from the good old M, E & xico. I am a novice guitars, but a bass player to the level of studio work, touring original musician and also have completed a BA Hons in music, so while I am novice at guitar, I know how an instrument should...

Need some recommendations for pickups for a HSS guitar. I don't like weaker pickups such as the Klein Jazzy Cats, but still need something that's not super mid-rangey. Examples will look like this: Lollar Blackface Neck & Middle with a Lollar Imperial in the bridge.

Hi guys!! So happy to be here. I just want to know if I have anything special here, or those 2 single coil pickups are just regular japanese "SQ-3 PU", as they call it on the spec charts of that time. My HSS Squier ST-336 had 2 dark copper / red fiber single pickups and a dragster. Dragster...

:thumbd: I’m looking for an HSS/3knob wiring were: 1) Bridge HB sees Vol Pot as 500k 2) Bridge HB split coil PARALLEL with Midd* 3)Bridge HB split coil PARALLEL with Neck* 4) Midd PARALLEL with Neck* 5) Neck* (*= pickups sees Vol Pot as 250k) im thinking of utilising the 2 tones as a Bass &...

Hi. I would like to change the pickguard on my Fender Player Plus Strat HSS (Fender's 2021 MIM line of player strats). What pickguard is compatible with this HSS strat? I have not come across any yet being sold online. Thank you

I’ve got a loaded fender performer HSS pickguard from stratosphere on the way. I’m really digging the tones I’ve heard in demos for the double tap humbucker and I previously had a Yosemite SSS set so I’m familiar with the neck and middle pups. I’m hoping this HSS set is versatile for my needs...

Hey, strat builders! I'm going to make an aluminium HH pickguard for my american standard strat using a cnc machine, so I need 1:1 HH or HSS pickguard and backplate models in any format like .cad, .dxf, .swg or .cdr Does anyone knows where can I get it? Thanks.

Hello everyone, I'm a very beginner when it comes to electronics and wiring. I've done a couple of partcasters with basic wiring so far and it was pretty much working as expected! My new project is a HSS partcaster for which I'll be happy to share pictures of when it's gonna be finished :D...

I upgraded my Strat pickups to fender ultra noiseless, which I really like for the neck and middle. But I then further replaced my bridge with a Seymour Duncan Lil 59'er humbucker. I am really liking the combination. My question is about the bridge output level. The humbucker is...

So, I'm quite new to wiring guitars. As of recently, I have purchased many "broken" guitars on the cheap and got them fixed with much success. Some of them include a 1960's Harmony acoustic and a late-90's Epiphone, but I digress. I have only wired two guitars before including a normal...

Hi everyone! I am getting a player HSS that I initially plan to use to play classic rock and punk rock. I am excited to grow into the instrument and use its more versatile sounds. I was initially thinking of replacing the HB with a SD JB to get some Green Day tones, but not dead set on that. A...

Hey all, I posted earlier but I ended up just running into more questions so here goes: How can I wire an HSS to a master tone and master volume and also get an auto coil tap in the 2nd position? A diagram would be amazing but the ones I've found are slightly off from what I'm looking for...

Hey all, I'm trying my first mod/build and want to do an HSS set up, turns out it's kind of complicated due to the cap and pot values being mismatched. From what I understand, my options are either 1 - wire the pups using resistors so the sc's see 250k, hb sees 500k 2 - get overwound sc's so I...

So far I have gathered that it’s a Mexican made model from around 2008/09, not sure if it’s a player series or what, it has the HSS pickups. Trying to appraise it to trade for a similar value Tele. Any info is appreciated:) thanks!