David Gilmour Strat Wiring Diagram
This is something uncommon what david gilmour has got in his signature stratocaster guitar black strat.
David gilmour strat wiring diagram. The black strat project 1 project start. This wiring harness will give you great service for years. The same result is achievable by using a mini spdt toggle switch aka the gilmour strat mod. The function of the recessed mini toggle switch is to activate the neck pickup.
By activating the mini toggle switch with the 5. A significant feature of this kit is the recessed mini toggle switch. A faithful reproduction of dave gilmour s black strat wiring configuration. About face david gilmour live at hammersmith odeon live.
Is there a usa strat wiring diagram on this site. Shop now for stratocaster fully loaded dave gilmour style stratocaster wiring harness with recessed mini toggle switch. In looking back over the last 2 1 2 years at this initial black strat project a lot of innovation and change has come about in the production of our custom black strat parts kits and assemblies. If you are converting a strat that already has factory wiring skip to 31 14.
How much of the pink floyd guitarist s go to instrument is still original. It s easy to do. The neck and bridge on setting is very similar to a telecaster s middle position which is something a strat won t. The david gilmour mod is a dpdt switch or a push pull pot that adds the neck position.
January 31 2009 last update. And you can modify your strat to get the same tones. Our s7w gilmour style 7 way wiring harness brings the tone control that david gilmour has used in his famous black strat. It s a unique feature that is synonymous with gilmour s black strat.
Back in 2011 fender custom shop released a david gilmour model that used his 7 way wiring and a recessed mini switch positioned between the volume and tone controls of the guitar. We only use the highest quality parts for our wiring harnesses. It allows him to switch on the neck pickup when the selector is connecting only the bridge or the bridge and the middle single coils. October 2008 project completed.
If you do not find the list or diagram for your specific instrument on this page we may still be able to furnish you with a hard copy from our archive. Known as the 7 way strat wiring setup it was famously used by david gilmour to give an extra dynamic to his strat. The mini toggle adds two extra switch positions on top of the classic 5 positions bridge neck and bridge middle neck. This is a stratocaster wiring solution built with high quality parts and crafted by hand.
This stratocaster wiring harness is modeled after the fender custom shop david gilmour of pink floyd model guitar.