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Upgrading Stratocaster Pickups & Electronics | Mythos Mods

Mythos Pedals · 39K views · 42:58

Skill Level

Intermediate

Time Required

Half day

Estimated Cost

$50–200

Equipment

Fender Stratocaster

Tools Needed

Soldering iron, Solder, Desoldering pump, Wire strippers, Screwdrivers, Multimeter
Learn more about Mythos https://mythospedals.com/ Can Zach take this Import Mike McCready Fender Stratocaster and turn it from Road Worn to Custom Shop? In this final episode of this series we wrap up the wiring for this Stratocaster. Zach wires up this Strat the old school way, CTS pots, Cloth covered wire, red dime cap and some replica style Throbak pickups. Thanks for watching Huge thanks to ThroBak for providing pickups for this guitar https://www.throbak.com/63-stratocaster-pickups.html Here are links to all the parts featured in the video: Pickups https://highvoltageguitars.com/collections/guitar-pickups Wiring Kits https://highvoltageguitars.com/collections/guitar-pots-caps Plastics & Metal Parts https://highvoltageguitars.com/collections/replica-guitar-parts Guitar Setup Tools https://highvoltageguitars.com/collections/tools #fenderstratocaster #guitarmods #mythospedals 00:00 Intro 00:28 The Plan & Parts 01:33 Mounting the parts 04:44 Mounting ThroBak Pickups 06:37 Routing the wires 10:00 Taping it up 11:29 Checking Continuity 12:02 Soldering Grounds 15:28 Tone Cap 17:45 Switch & Pot Wiring 23:41 Bridge Claw wiring 25:40 Output Jack upgrade 28:27 Secure your tip 29:14 The last wires 31:13 Installing the guard 33:53 Restring time 34:27 Testing with the Two Rock 35:29 Stock - Clean 36:08 Modded - Clean 36:48 Stock - Dirty 1 37:19 Modded - Dirty 1 37:54 Stock - Dirty 2 38:27 Modded - Dirty 2 39:02 Final Thoughts