Fully Loaded Complete Strat® Pickguard Assembly
Seymour Duncan SSL-52 Calibrated Pickup Set

Complete and fully loaded Strat® pickguard assembly.  Includes everything ready to drop in to your favorite Strat® by simply hooking up the hot wire (audio) and ground wires.  Includes genuine Seymour Duncan SSL-52 (Five-Two) Calibrated pickup set, genuine Fender® pickguard, knobs, switch tip along with top quality CTS potentiometers, Orange Drop polyester film tone capacitors and a CRL pickup selector switch. 

The standard 11 hole pickguards are fully aluminum foil shielded as they come from Fender, click for illustration.

The '56/'59, '57, '62 and '65 vintage pickguards require a separate aluminum pickguard shield which is to be added extra if so desired. Use separate "Add to Cart" buttons found below for addition of these pickguard shields.

We offer a few assembly selection options for your pickguard to appeal to your particular Strat® body color.

Pickguard Assembly Specifications / Options

Seymour Duncan's unique design balanced and calibrated true single pickup set.  This unique SSL-52 (Five-Two) pickup set uses Alnico 2 magnets on the high string pole pieces (E1, B & G) and uses Alnico 5 magnets on the low string pole pieces (A, D & E6).  The result is a very balanced pickup with a bright and springy bottom end, and a smooth and rich top end. The Five-Two answers Strat® players' complaints that their low strings sound too mushy while their high strings are too bright.

The SSL-52's are extremely balanced true single-coil pickups. Recommended for country, pop, blues, classic rock and heavy rock. Alnico 2 magnets provide warmth and softer attack on the three high strings. Alnico 5 magnets provide punch and brightness on the low strings. It's like having two separate presence controls: one optimized for the high strings and one for the low strings. 

This calibrated set includes a higher-output custom bridge pickup, RW/RP middle and regular neck pickup. The hotter custom bridge pickup creates better output balance. The reverse wound, reverse polarity (RW/RP) middle pickup gives you hum-canceling in positions "2" and "4" on the five-way switch.

Representative photograph.  '57 vintage, 1 ply, 8 hole pickguard, with aged white accessories. 

Complete SSL-52 pickup set pickguard assembly.

Controls wiring for a SSL-52 complete pickguard assembly.

Important Note: If you are selecting your pickguard assembly to be built with one of the '56/'59, '57, '62 or '65 vintage pickguards they are unshielded as provided by Fender. To have the genuine Fender® full coverage aluminum pickguard shielding plate or '57 control area aluminum shielding plate installed please add it separately below using the appropriate "Add to Cart" button.  These separate aluminum shielding plates are specific and authentic to how Fender was shielding their pickguard assemblies during the '50s and early to mid 60's.  The '57 pickguard typically will have the control area aluminum shielding plate installed, the '62 and '65 pickguard typically will have the full coverage aluminum shielding plate installed.

Select Your Pickguard Assembly Options