Custom
Manufactured Gilmour Style Complete Black Strat® Pickguard Assembly
Package
We're proud to be able to provide you with a Gilmour
style Black Strat® pickguard assembly that is the most
authentic of all replica's being built. Feature for
feature you will not find a Gilmour style Black Strat®
pickguard assembly as authentic as ours.
We realize there is a lot of
information provided for this Black Strat® pickguard
assembly, but it is necessary in order to accurately
describe all the features and options that can go into
constructing an authentic assembly. So take your time to review our
in-depth details, descriptions and specifications we've outlined
below and you'll understand the attention to detail
we've taken with every aspect of the project to
provide you with an authentic
replica of the Gilmour Black Strat® pickguard assembly that you will be
proud to own.
Complete guitar
shown in photographs is for illustration purposes only
and depicts our
complete Black Strat® pickguard assembly as installed in
a complete guitar.
For
a limited time we will offer the DiMarzio FS-1
bridge pickup for those wanting to replicate Gilmour's tone
from early 1976 through late 1979 as used in the
recording and touring of the Animals album, the
recording of The Wall album and the recording of
Gilmour's 1978 solo album.
Exclusive To OverDrive
Custom Guitar Works -
We have
the original Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Hand
Scatter-WoundSSL-1C DG
pickup and we also have a unique variant of the
SSL-1C DG pickup in a Reverse Wind / Reverse Polarity
(Rw/Rp) version which will give you two pickup selection
positions of hum cancelling. With the SSL-1C DG Rw/Rp there is no difference in tone,
output, harmonics or sustain, just a modern
hum-cancelling improvement
over the original SSL-1C DG pickup.full details below. Either of these
SSL-1C DG pickups require a $71.00 upcharge that is selected and
paid for additionally below.
Black Strat
Electronics Analysis:Be sure to read our detailed
technical comparison we performed with the Relic and NOS
Fender Custom Shop Gilmour Black Strat electronics in
relation to our custom Black Strat pickguard assembly.
Read the full article here.
We have compiled a detailed information page
specifically about our two Seymour Duncan Custom Shop
SSL-1C DG pickups,read
the article here.
Completed Strat® shown with our
Gilmour style Black Strat® pickguard assembly installed
Depicted above
is the Combination Accessory Color set including the
"Add On" assembly upgrade option of the Green Lettered and Numbered
knob set. The combination accessory option
includes Aged White knob set, Parchment pickup covers, Parchment switch tip and
Parchment tremolo arm
tip. This accessory
color selection and style that is the same as what is found on the
Fender® Custom Shop Relic Black Strat.
Pickguard Assembly
Descriptive
Every component of our Black Strat® Pickguard Assembly has been
researched in detail to provide you with a truly authentic
assembly from the correct pickup selections to the high quality
craftsmanship in the unique custom manufactured Black 1 Ply
0.120" Acrylic
Rounded
and
Polished Edge Pickguard along with the correct
implementation of the recessed mini-toggle switching
system. We
build each assembly by hand using high quality parts such as
Fender, Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, CTS, CRL and Orange Drop
polyester film tone
capacitors. We also offer you with a number of
alternate customization options to the original design to
further enhance your pickguard assembly
without compromising that great Gilmour tone.
With this item purchase you will receive a complete pickguard
assembly with genuine Fender® Custom Shop, Seymour
Duncan or DiMarzio pickups of your choosing with everything
installed, wired and soldered in place, ready to drop in
your favorite Strat® by simply connecting the audio and
ground wires. The pickup covers, knobs, switch tip and tremolo arm tip can be selected as White,
Parchment,Aged White, Black or even a
Combination of Parchment and Aged White (described in
detail below), and all are genuine
Fender® accessories. We include our own custom
manufactured Gilmour style 4-¼"
tremolo arm along with a set of GHS Boomers David
Gilmour Signature Series Strings, a Switchcraft USA 1/4" output jack
along with all the mounting screws.
We also offer the option to select from 24 alternate
pickguards that differ from the authentic Black
1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic Pickguard with the Rounded and
Polished edge. These alternate pickguard selections
are for those that want the awesome Gilmour tone,
electronics and the unique recessed mini-toggle
switching system but don't want the same visual appearance.
This custom pickguard assembly no longer has to look
like the famous Black Strat, it can now be assembled
visually different and customized for your particular
Strat's® color theme but will still have the
same awesome tone.
Some of the
unique features of this assembly is our own custom
manufactured Black 1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic Pickguard
with the Rounded and Polished Edge along with the
correct implementation of the recessed
mini-toggle switching system. The
recessed mini-toggle switching system is a unique
feature that is synonymous with the Black Strat. With our pickguard assembly no modifications
are required to your Strat® body, it's a
"drop-in" unit that only requires you to
solder the wires to the output jack and the tremolo claw that
on average takes about 30-45 minutes to complete.
The function of the recessed
mini-toggle switch is to activate the neck pickup, the
"on" position is down when the guitar is in the playing
position.
By activating the mini-toggle switch with the
5-way selector switch in position 1 (bridge pickup)
then you will have the bridge and neck pickups selected
together in parallel. By activating the
mini-toggle switch when the 5-way selector
switch is in position 2 (bridge and middle pickups) then
all three pickups selected together in parallel. This gives you a total of 7 unique pickup
selections.
Before we build each pickguard assembly we test every
single component to verify they are within
specified tolerances and that they operate correctly. After each pickguard assembly
is built it is then fully tested as a complete unit to
ensure correct operation, that way
we know 100% for sure it will work perfectly when you
install it in your guitar. Complete component and final assembly testing results are provided with each
pickguard assembly.
Above is a video from one of our customers who has installed our complete Gilmour style Black Strat® pickguard assembly in his Strat®. Pickups installed are the Seymour
Duncan Custom Shop Hand Scatter-Wound SSL-1C DG
(Original) in the
bridge position, Fender® Custom Shop Custom '69 in the
middle position, and a Fender® Custom Shop Fat '50 in the
neck position.
Complete
pickguard assembly shown
with the Combination selection
of Accessory Colors with aged white control knobs,
parchment pickup covers and parchment switch tip along
with the optional pickguard assembly upgrade of the Customized Green Lettered &
Numbered knob set.
Back side of the complete pickguard assembly.
Details of components, wiring and the standard included control region copper
foil shielding. CTS 450G series 250k audio taper
potentiometers (10% tolerance), CRL 5-way selector
switch, Salecom mini-toggle switch, "Orange
Drop" polyester film 0.047 uF tone capacitor and our
custom manufactured stainless steel recessed
mini-toggle switch mounting bracket. All
interconnect wire is UL1007, 300v, 22 gauge pre-tinned
copper, PVC insulated.
The Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Hand Scatter-Wound "SSL-1C DG" Bridge
Pickup Shown without the
cloth tape wrapped coil which all our current production SSL-1C DG pickups
now have.
The
above Seymour Duncan Custom Shop SSL-1C DG (original) pickup is hand scatter-wound the same as
Gilmour's original SSL-1C using the same winding
wire and beveled Alnico 5 pole pieces. This pickup has the
high output, sustain and harmonics similar to an SSL-5
with an average rated DC resistance of 12.9k. To select this
pickup for installation in your assembly you will be prompted in the drop
down menu selection for the bridge pickup to include
"Add On" option #2 which has an up-charge of
$71.00. This is a very special pickup that you
will not find anywhere else.
The SSL-1C DG pickup is now available in a
Reverse Wind / Reverse Polarity (Rw/Rp) version to give you hum cancelling
capabilities when the bridge and middle pickups are
selected together and also when the bridge and neck
pickups are selected together with the recessed
mini-toggle switch. There is an up-charge of $71.00 to
have the SSL-1C DG Rw/Rp (Reverse Wind / Reverse Polarity) pickup
installed, it requires including "Add On" option #1
below the main
pickguard selection options.
Close-up detail of the recessed
mini-toggle switch. Notice
the implementation of the mini-toggle switch and the
very small slot in the pickguard that allows the toggle
lever to protrude through.
Also shown are the optional pickguard assembly upgrade
of the customization of the installed knob set with the
Dark Green Letters and Numbers which is selected and
paid for additionally below in the amount of $25.00.
The above two photographs show
close-up detail of the Rounded and Polished Perimeter
Edge of the Black 1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic pickguard. A very
nice, unique and authentic original feature of the Black
Strat. The rounded and polished edge is only
available on our Black or White 1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic
pickguards. Also shown are the optional pickguard
assembly upgrade of the customization of the installed
knob set with the Dark Green Letters and Numbers.
Accessories Included With Each One Of Our Complete
Black Strat® Pickguard Assembly Packages
Each of our
complete Black Strat® pickguard assembly packages include a set
of GHS Boomers David Gilmour signature series 10-48 strings, a
complete set of stainless steel pickguard mounting screws, custom
manufactured
4-¼"
tremolo arm and a
Switchcraft USA ¼" mono output jack.
LIMITED TIME OFFER
- REVERSE ANGLE BRIDGE PICKUP ACRYLIC PICKGUARD
For a limited time we are
offering a reverse angle bridge pickup in our Black
1 Ply 0.120’' Acrylic pickguard's with the standard
11 hole mounting pattern. Typically the bridge
pickup on a Strat is rotated at a 10 degree angle
in reference to the other two pickups where the treble E string pole piece
is closer to the
bridge than the bass E string pole piece. This unique pickguard's reverse angle bridge pickup is rotated the opposite
10 degree angle where the bass E string pole piece
is now
closer to the bridge and the treble E string pole
piece is further away from the bridge. This would
create a bridge pickup tonality the same as what
Jimi Hendrix would of have experienced since he
played a right handed guitar strung up and played left handed.
This results in a reverse-angled bridge pickup with
more high-end bite on the bass strings and a warmer
sound on the treble strings.
The tone of the middle two strings (D & G) will essentially
go unchanged since there is very little change in
their position relative to the bridge.
NOTE: A very important
aspect to consider if selecting this reverse angle
bridge pickup pickguard is that you need to have a
Humbucker bridge pickup routing in your body or the
large “swimming pool” pickup routing to accommodate
the reverse angle of the bridge pickup as it sits down into
your body cavity. A typical SSS (3 single
coil) routed Strat® body
will not accept this reverse angle bridge pickup
without customization to your body with a router in
the bridge pickup region.
The production run of these reverse angle bridge
pickguard's is limited to a quantity of 42 and once
they’re gone there won’t be any more.
Pickguard Assembly
Options Described In Detail
Neck Pickup:The most
popular selection for the
neck position is the
Fender® Custom Shop Fat '50. David has talked about
his choice for this neck pickup that is installed in
his Fender® Custom Shop signature series Black Strat
in
this interview video beginning at the 4:00 mark.
An alternate neck pickup
selection would be the Fender® Custom Shop Custom '69
which is more like the neck pickup in Gilmour's
original Black Strat® which came from a 1971
Strat® when he changed the entire pickguard
assembly in 1973.
Middle Pickup:The
authentic selection for the middle position is the
Fender® Custom Shop Custom '69
and we don't offer any
alternate selections.
The Fender® Custom Shop Custom '69
pickup offers you a unique construction and vibe. These are
the pickups that can deliver the coveted
clear, transparent highs, thumping lows, and
bleeding midrange response and feel that define
electric guitar tone as we know it. These Fender® pickups are built using height staggered Alnico V
magnets and a special gray bobbin.
Bridge
Pickup:The authentic
selection for the bridge position is one of the
following 5 pickups (listed in order of popularity):
Seymour
Duncan Custom Hand Scatter-Wound
SSL-1C DG
Rw/Rp (Reverse Wind / Reverse
Polarity)
($71.00 up charge applies, selected & paid for
additionally below)
Seymour Duncan
Custom Hand Scatter-Wound SSL-1C DG(Original) ($71.00 up charge applies, selected & paid for
additionally below)
Seymour Duncan SSL-5 (Post late 1979 to current
date economy selection)
DiMarzio FS-1 (Early 1976 through late
1979 era)
Fender Custom
Shop Custom '69 (Pre early 1976
era)
Gilmour installed the
Seymour Duncan custom hand scatter wound SSL-1C
pickup in the bridge position of his Black Strat® in Late 1979 and it has remained there ever since.
We offer the SSL-1C DG pickup in two
versions, both have the same tonality,
output, harmonics and sustain. The SSL-1C DG is the same as
Gilmour's original custom wound bridge pickup and the SSL-1C DG
Rw/Rp
is the same as the original SSL-1C DG pickup
but in a Reverse Wound / Reverse Polarity (Rw/RP)
version which will give you hum cancelling when
the bridge and middle pickups are selected
together or when the bridge and neck pickups are
selected together using the recessed mini-toggle
switch. You will find these pickups offered
in the Bridge Pickup Selection option below as
SSL-1C DG
or SSL-1C DG
Rw/Rp. Normally the
Gilmour Black Strat® does not offer any hum
cancelling capabilities in any of the pickup
selection positions, this is an unique
enhancement only we have incorporated into our
design and components. For those Black
Strat® purists you will probably want to stick
with the original SSL-1C DG pickup, but for
those that want a modern improvement over the
original with a couple pickup selection
positions of hum cancelling, then the SSL-1C DG
Rw/Rp pickup would be perfect for you without
sacrificing tone, output, harmonics or sustain.
The SSL-1C DG Rw/Rp is an OverDrive Custom Guitar
Works exclusive pickup, it is not available
anywhere else.
We have compiled a detailed information page
specifically about our two Seymour Duncan Custom
Shop SSL-1C DG pickups,
read the full article here.
Gilmour installed
the DiMarzio FS-1 pickup in
the bridge position of his Black Strat® in
early 1976 and continued to use it through
late 1979. The DiMarzio FS-1 was used during the
recording of Animals (album and touring),
The Wall album and his 1978 solo album. The
DiMarzio FS-1 is reverse wound and reverse polarity
in reference to the Fender® Custom
Shop Custom '69 in the middle and the Fender® Custom Shop Fat 50 in the neck so you get
hum cancelling when the bridge and middle
pickups are selected together and when the
bridge and neck pickups are selected
together using the recessed mini-toggle
switch. To have the correct visual
appearance of the pickguard assembly from
the late 1970's when the DiMarzio FS-1 was installed
in Gilmour's Black Strat® the bridge pickup
cover should be black, we offer that option
in the bridge pickup selection below.
The FS-1 is
louder (about 25% more power) than a stock
single-coil, and smoother and fatter-sounding all
'round. The FS-1 isn't designed with a vintage sound
in mind, but if you're trying to get a blues sound
from the bridge position of a maple-neck Strat,
you'll be very happy with the extra mid's and bass,
and the sound still cleans up when the volume is
rolled down.
If you
opt to have the SSL-5 pickup installed in
the bridge position keep in mind that its
hookup leads will have to be reversed in
order to keep it in phase electrically with
both of the Fender Custom Shop pickups in
the middle and neck positions. This
reversal of the bridge pickups hookup leads
is the same as what is being done on
Gilmour's original Black Strat and both of
the Fender Custom Shop Black Strat's. What
this means is that the SSL-5's black
(ground) wire will now have to be connected
to the 5-way selector switch and its white
(hot) wire will now have to be connected to
ground. This reversal of its hookup leads
corrects the phasing issue created by
installing pickups that don't have
compatible or matching coil winding
direction. By reversing a pickups hookup
leads to correct for electrical phasing it
can cause other issues such as an increase
in hum and also the pole pieces may become
energized and if the guitar strings are
pressed down to touch the pole pieces it
will act as a kill switch and shut down the
guitars output. This can be considered
normal when a compromise is made by
reversing a pickups hookup leads, but it is
not desired, that is why we had both of the
Seymour Duncan Custom Shop SSL-1C DG pickups
created to be 100% compatible electrically
and polarity wise to the two Fender Custom
Shop pickups in the neck and middle
position, neither of our SSL-1C DG pickups
require any compromise of wiring by
reversing their hookup leads.
Accessories Color: We offer 5 accessory
colors to choose from: White,Parchment, Aged
White, Black and Combination.The Accessories
consist of the pickup covers, volume and tone
knobs, selector switch tip and the tremolo arm tip.
Parchmentis the
correct selection for a NOS style Black Strat®. Combination is the the correct selection for a
RELIC style Black Strat® where
the pickup covers, switch tip and tremolo arm tip are Parchment but the knobs are Aged White,
also select Green
Lettering for the
Control Knobs Style.
Control Knobs Style:We offer
two styles for the appearance of the
knobs in your pickguard assembly;STANDARD
and
GREEN LETTERING. The two
Control Knob
Styles are described
below.
With the
STANDARD
Control Knob Style, the knob set will appear brand new, exactly
as they come from Fender® with their standard
color lettering and numbering, no
alterations or customizations. White,
Parchment and Aged White Accessory Color knobs
have gold lettering and numbering, Black knobs
have white lettering and numbering.
With the
GREEN LETTERING
Control Knob Style, the knob set will appear
brand new, exactly as they come from Fender® along with the addition of the knobs being
customized with the dark green lettering and
numbering. The knob sets
are customized in our shop with the dark green
letters and numbers. This dark green coloring is
a simulation of the natural patina or oxidation
of the gold letters and numbers that would
naturally occur over time with the old Strat® knob sets. For an accurate
representation of a RELIC
Black Strat, select the
Combinationoption for the Accessory Color along with the
Green Lettering
for the
Control Knobs Style.
The GREEN LETTERING option has a
$25.00 up charge, selected and paid for
additionally below.
Pickup Tone Controls:With Standard Strat® wiring and with Gilmour's
original Black Strat® the bridge pickup does
not have a tone control, only the middle and neck
pickups have their own separate tone controls. We offer
5 different pickup
tone control selections to choose from to enhance
your tonal shaping. The selection options are as follows:
Standard Strat® wiring: Separate
tone control for the middle pickup. Separate
tone control for the neck pickup. No tone
control for the bridge pickup.
Separate tone control for
the bridge pickup. Middle and neck pickups
share a tone control.
Separate tone control for
the neck pickup. Bridge and middle pickups share
a tone control.
Separate tone control for the
bridge pickup. Separate tone control for the
neck pickup. No tone control for the middle
pickup.
Separate tone control for
the bridge pickup. Separate tone control for the
middle pickup. No tone control for the neck
pickup.
Tone Capacitor Value
Selection:We offer
3 different tone control
capacitors to choose from;0.022 uF,0.033 uF,0.047 uF and
0.1 uF.
Specific to the Gilmour Strat® would be the 0.047 uF
tone capacitor.
The typical tone capacitor found in most modern Strat's is the 0.022
uF which rolls off less treble as you lower the tone
control where the 0.047 uF rolls off more treble
as you lower the tone control. If you increase the
value of the capacitor you effectively lower the
frequency cut off point. As the tone control is
lowered, the tone becomes deeper or bassier, because
the cut off point has been lowered. This of course
results in lower frequency signals being bled off to
ground. Here is a link to a very informative video
that explains How Tone Capacitors Workand is well worth watching to
fully understand how tone capacitors effect your
tone and to help you make an informed decision for
the tone capacitor selection in your pickguard assembly.
Here is another
tone capacitor information page from Seymour
Duncan, lots of good information here.
Pickguard:
All pickguard options are right hand versions only. For the authentic Gilmour style Black Strat® pickguard we
custom manufacture in our shop the Black 1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic
Pickguard with the Rounded and Polished Edge in both the Standard 11 Hole and the
'57 Vintage 8 Hole mounting patterns. Both the
Standard 11 Hole and '57 Vintage 8 Hole Black
Acrylic 1 Ply 0.120" Rounded and Polished Edge
Pickguards are copper foil
shielded in the control region which is the
same as Gilmour's original. The
rounded and polished pickguard perimeter edge is only
available with our Black
or White 1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic pickguards. Our
Acrylic pickguards are 0.120" thick (+/- a few
thousands of an inch) so keep this pickguard
thickness in mind when installing a 0.120" thick
Acrylic pickguard on a Strat® with a 22 fret neck,
make sure you measure the total amount of clearance
you have underneath your 22'nd fret overhang and the
surface of your body to ensure that there is enough
room to accommodate the 0.120" thick Acrylic
pickguard with at least a few thousands of an inch
of extra clearance for breathing room between the
top surface of the Acrylic pickguard and the
underside of the 22'nd fret overhang. The vast
majority of 22 fret necks and body combinations will
work fine with our 0.120" thick Acrylic pickguards
but we have seen a rare few that won't and will need
some sort of adjustment for correct fitment. You DO
NOT want to tighten down any neck where its 22'nd
fret overhang makes contact with the surface of the
pickguard, you could very well lift the fingerboard
away from the neck by the leveraging forces of
tightening down the neck.
Details About How We Create Our Acrylic
Pickguards: Each of our 1 ply 0.120”
Acrylic pickguards with the rounded and
polished edge are custom hand manufactured
in our shop specifically for each customer.
They start off being cut out of a sheet of
Acrylic with a CNC laser which creates the
basic pickguard shape with all holes and
cutouts. We then create the pickguards
round-over edge feature by hand with a
table router where the pickguard is affixed to a
routing template and we trim the pickguard
to it’s final size and create the rounded
perimeter edge. From there the pickguards
rounded edge is hand sanded with a fine
sandpaper to remove any tooling marks left
behind by the router bit. The
smoothly sanded rounded edge can then be
polished with a special
buffing wheel and a polishing compound used
exclusively for Acrylic which creates the
highly polished and glossy rounded edge.
The pickguards mounting holes are then
countersunk, copper foil shielding tape is
applied to the control region and a final
polishing of the entire pickguard is
completed. It’s a fairly long process to
create one of these unique pickguards,
typically about 1 hour, but we feel that our final
product is one that stands above the usual Strat®
pickguard that has
been produced the same way for over 50 years.
This unique rounded and polished pickguard edge is
available with our Black or White 1 Ply 0.120"
Acrylic pickguards. Pickup and 5-way switch mounting
holes are not countersunk and accept round
head mounting screws.
Illustrated
to the left is a photograph of our
Black 1 Ply 0.120" Acrylic Pickguard with the Rounded and Polished Edge
depicting how the copper foil shielding
is applied to both the Black or White Acrylic pickguards.
For those of you that may want more shielding
than control region only copper foil
for the Acrylic pickguards you might consider having
the
full coverage '62
aluminum pickguard shielding plate installed instead, you
can include this type of pickguard shielding with
"Add On" option #4 below. This full coverage
aluminum shielding plate option has a $25.00
upcharge that is selected and paid for additionally
below. This pickguard
shield is customized/modified to accommodate the
recessed mini-toggle switch and the modern 11 hole
pickguard mounting pattern. By including this full
coverage aluminum pickguard shielding plate on one of our
four Acrylic pickguards they will not have any copper
foil shielding underneath. Keep in mind that this
full coverage '62 aluminum pickguard shielding plate is 0.012" thick, so remember to factor this
too into
your 22'nd fret overhang/pickguard clearance calculations
if you are using a 22 fret neck along with our
0.120" thick Acrylic pickguards.
Alternate Pickguard Choices:
We offer 24 alternate pickguards
to choose from for your project. These 24 alternate
pickguard choices would be for
those that do not want the typical Gilmour style black and white
visual appearance
of
their pickguard assembly but
want all the great tone of the Gilmour Strat® electronics
and pickups along with
the unique pickup
selection switching system. Each of these
alternate pickguards is described in detail within
their individual item page, click on the "Link"
just to the right of each pickguard style below for
full details. If you
have any questions about the any of these alternate
pickguards be sure to
send us an email before ordering. The 24
alternate pickguards are as follows:
White 1 Ply,
0.120" Acrylic with a Rounded and Polished Perimeter
Edge, Standard 11 Hole ( Control region copper foil shielding )
White 1 Ply,
0.120" Acrylic with a Rounded and Polished Perimeter
Edge, '57 Vintage 8 Hole ( Control region copper foil shielding )
White 3 Ply, Standard 11 Hole
( Fully shielded ) -
Link
Black 3 Ply, Standard 11 Hole
( Fully shielded ) -
Link
Mint Green 3 Ply, Standard 11
Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Parchment 3 Ply, Standard 11 Hole (Fully
shielded) -
Link
White Pearl 4 Ply, Standard 11
Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Aged White Pearl, 4 Ply,
Standard 11 Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Tortoise Shell 4 Ply, Standard
11 Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Black Pearl 4 Ply, Standard 11
Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Aged Glass 4 Ply, Standard 11
Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Black Glass 4 Ply, Standard 11
Hole ( Fully shielded )
- Link
Eggshell 3 Ply, '65 Vintage
(Standard 11 Hole) ( No shielding, add shielding with "Add
On" option #4 below ) -
Link
White 3 Ply, '62 Vintage 11
Hole ( No shielding, add shielding with "Add
On" option #4 below ) -
Link
Mint Green 3 Ply, '62 Vintage 11
Hole ( No shielding, add shielding with "Add
On" option #4 below ) -
Link
Black 3 Ply, '62 Vintage 11
Hole ( No shielding, add shielding with "Add
On" option #4 below ) -
Link
White 1 Ply, '57 Vintage 8 Hole
( No shielding, add shielding with "Add On"
option #4 below ) -
Link
Eggshell 1 Ply, '57 Vintage 8
Hole ( No shielding, add shielding with "Add On"
option #4 below ) -
Link
Black 3 Ply, '57 Vintage 8 Hole
( No shielding, add shielding
with "Add On" option #4 below ) -
Link
Tortoise Shell 4 Ply, '57
Vintage 8 Hole
( No shielding, add shielding
with "Add On" option #4 below ) -
Link
Black Pearl 4 Ply, '57
Vintage 8 Hole
( No shielding, add shielding
with "Add On" option #4 below ) -
Link
Gold Anodized Aluminum 1 Ply,
Standard 11 Hole ( No need for
shielding, the pickguards aluminum material acts as
shielding ) -
Link
Gold Anodized Aluminum 1 Ply,
'57 Vintage 8 Hole ( No need
for shielding, the pickguards aluminum material acts
as shielding ) -
Link
Engine Turned Aluminum, Clear 1
Ply, Standard 11 Hole ( No need for
shielding, the pickguards aluminum material acts as
shielding ) -
Link
Tremolo Arm:With
each pickguard assembly we include one of our custom
manufactured 4-1/4" stainless steel
screw-in tremolo arms. Our short tremolo
arms are available in 2 different attachment
threading types; UNF 10-32 and Metric 5mm. The American Strat uses
the UNF 10-32, the Mexican and Japanese
Strat's use the 5mm. Below is a
breakdown of the threading types or attachment type found on the
various Strat® tremolo arms. If you are unsure of
the the correct tremolo arm attachment threading for
your Strat write us an
email asking for assistance before placing your
order.
American Vintage, American
Vintage Reissue, Highway 1, American Special, and American Standard Strat's (UNF 10-32).
Mexican
and Japanese Strat's 5mm (M5 x .8).
Standard Components
Included Wtih Every Pickguard Assembly
Package
Custom
Stainless Steel Recessed Mini-Toggle Switch
Mounting Bracket:
For mounting the recessed mini-toggle switch
that is used for turning on and off the neck pickup. We serial
number each of these pickguard assemblies and it is stamped
permanently into this
bracket. The serial number is
sequentially incremental and represents the total
number of these Black Strat® pickguard assemblies
that have been built to date.
Mini-Toggle Switch Recessed In Pickguard: This is what could be
considered "The Gilmour Mod". It activates the neck
pickup and is intended to be used when the 5-way
switch is in positions 1 or 2. This expands
the standard 5 pickup selections to 7.
Volume and Tone Control Potentiometers:We use CTS
450G series (450GT25K254A2L),
250k, 10% tolerance, 10% audio taper, low rotational
torque potentiometers for our
volume and tone controls. These high quality CTS
potentiometers have brass shafts and brass mounting
bushings.
Pickup Selector Switch:
CRL 5-Way. The best 5-way selector switch
available, made in the USA.
Mounting
Screws: We
include enough screws for an entire Strat® to mount the pickguard, output jack plate and
tremolo cover plate.
19 screws if you order an 11 hole pickguard assembly
or 16 screws if you order an 8 hole pickguard.
Switchcraft
USA ¼" Mono Output Jack:An industry standard when it comes to the best
output jack available, that is why we include one
with our pickguard assembly package to ensure you
have a solid link between your guitar and cable to
your amp.
Set of GHS Boomers David
Gilmour Signature Series Strings (Blue Set):
Since you're building an authentic Black Strat
you'll need a set of these strings as well, that's why we
include a set with each pickguard assembly.
Select
Your Pickguard Assembly Options
Middle Pickup:
Bridge Pickup:
If you select the SSL-1C DG Rw/Rp pickup
you must include "ADD
ON"
Option#1
below to pay the $71.00 upcharge. If you select the SSL-1C DG
(Original) pickup
you must include "ADD
ON"
Option#2 below
to pay the $71.00 upcharge.
Accessories Color:
Control Knobs Style:
If you
select GREEN LETTERING
you
must include "ADD
ON" Option
#3 below
to pay the $25.00 for the customization.
Tone Controls
Arrangements:
Tone Capacitor:
Body Ground Connection:
Pickguard:
Tremolo Arm:
Complete Pickguard Assembly Package Base
Price
$395.00
Use the above "Add
to Cart" button for
the pickguard assembly options selected above.
Below are
the pickguard assembly "ADD
ON"
upgrade payment options. They are used in
addition to the above selections.
Use
The Following "Add To Cart"
Buttons To Pay For Any
Pickguard Assembly
"ADD ON"
Upgrade Options You Have Selected Above
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW - PLEASE READ
THOROUGHLY
Acrylic pickguards are more fragile than the typical vinyl ones most
people are familiar with. Always use the utmost of care when
installing components into an Acrylic pickguard, never
tighten any fastener too tight and never tighten any
perimeter mounting screw any tighter than just to the
point where the screw barely snugs the pickguard or back
plate down to the surface of the body. Never flex
or put undue pressure on any part of the Acrylic
pickguard or you risk the very real possibility of it
breaking.
Occasionally we find very small cosmetic imperfections in the surface of our
Acrylic pickguards, typically they are small bubbles or
spots
and sometimes thin lines.
This is not something we consider as defective since
they are an effect of the Acrylic casting / handling process.
Unfortunately we cannot determine if any Acrylic
pickguard is going to have any of these imperfections
until the entire pickguard manufacturing procedures are
complete, so there is no way to pick and choose a
"perfect" pickguard for a project beforehand. For the
most part it's a non-issue and inconsequential and we
will never let any pickguard go out that we feel has any
undesirable characteristic that is obviously
unacceptable. We've made over a thousand of these
pickguards and some have these characteristics and no
one has yet felt the need to complain. With that
being said, we just felt it was best to make sure you
were aware of these possibilities to avoid any
surprises.
All custom built pickguard assemblies are
not eligible for return, refund or exchange
due to the unique nature of the customized
options you select for your particular
assembly. Each pickguard assembly is
custom built on an “As Ordered” basis for
each individual customer with their specific
and unique assembly options selected at the
time of purchase.
Typical turn-around time from order
placement to shipment is up to 14 days.
Holiday work-loads may increase turn-around
time.
Some import Strat's (MIM, MIJ), Squier's or
"Look-Alike" Strat® bodies may not be 100%
compatible with the pickguard perimeter
mounting holes and some adjustment may be
needed on your body. Our custom manufactured
Acrylic pickguards have the same
perimeter mounting hole pattern as genuine
American Fender® Strat® pickguards, so as long
your body mounting holes line up with those,
then you should not experience any problem.
Each of our complete Strat pickguard assemblies are
built using components to fit genuine Fender® Strat's®,
this does not include some Squier® by Fender® Strat's®,
some Squier® Strat's® may have incompatibility issues in
the mounting hole patterns and control cavity routing
depths and styles as well as overall body thickness
incompatibilities. So if you have a Squier® by Fender®
Strat® do your research before purchasing any of our
complete pickguard assemblies to ensure that our
assemblies will be compatible with your particular model
of Strat®.
IMPORTANT ACRYLIC CLEANING NOTE:
When cleaning any Acrylic pickguard or back
plateONLY USEthe following
approved cleaners. Use of any other cleaning
product may damage the Acrylic.
Novus #1, Plastic Clean
and Shine
Kleenmaster Brillianize.
Both of the above
two Acrylic cleaning products can be purchased from a
company called Tap
Plastics. Here is a direct link to the item page for
the Kleenmaster Brillianizeand here is a link for theNovus #1.
This pickguard assembly is not endorsed by
David Gilmour or Fender Musical Instrument
Corporation. It is offered
here as a high quality replica based on our research.
All names used in this webpage are trademarked
by their respective owners that do not endorse
and are not
associated with OverDrive Custom
Guitar Works. Those trademarked names,
manufacturers or individuals are used solely to identify the
products of those manufacturers or individuals whose tones,
sounds and visual similarities were studied
during research, design and product creation.
Genuine Fender® Pickguard
Disclaimer:
A very common occurrence we find with most Genuine
Fender® pickguards are some sort of minor blemish or
imperfection in the surface of the pickguard. After many
years of being in business building complete Strat®
pickguard assemblies using Genuine Fender®
pickguards we find these blemishes far too often when we
build a new pickguard assembly. Most are relatively
minor, insignificant blemishes, but unfortunately we
can't sort through a stack of pickguards with hopes of
finding one without any blemishes, so it is possible you
may find some slight blemish in the surface of your
completed assembly and it is not something we can
consider as cause for replacement. However, we will not
use a pickguard for an assembly that has a large number
of blemishes or a significant imperfection, but a few
small ones are considered a normal characteristic of the
current/imperfect manufacturing process. Even as Fender®
builds their brand new Strat®
guitars, they're built with the pickguard
still having its clear protective film affixed to the
pickguard surface and it will eventually only be known
to the purchaser of the guitar if any blemishes are
present once they remove the protective film since you
can't see them through the clear pickguard protective
film. Bottom line is that Fender®
is building complete Strat®
guitars with the same pickguards we are
using and they don't find cause for alarm with some
imperfect characteristics or blemishes in their complete
guitars, but we just wanted to make sure that you are
fully aware of the things we have to consider and
contend with when we build your complete pickguard
assembly.
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All orders are subject to product availability. All prices are in
USD.
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order.
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