From The OverDrive Custom Guitar Works Custom Shop...
Seymourized From Seymour Duncan...

Straight out of our custom shop is a complete and fully loaded Strat pickguard assembly featuring our very own unique triple recessed mini-toggle switch pickup selection modification. This unique pickup selection modification gives you 22 different selection possibilities with three true Strat tone Seymour Duncan single coil pickups.  Awesome vintage and hot rodded Strat tone using the expertise that Seymour Duncan brings to pickup design and tone along with our implementation of how modified pickup selections are presented...

Our complete pickguard assembly includes everything you will need, it is ready to drop into your favorite Strat by simply hooking up the hot wire (audio) and a couple of ground wires. It is loaded with genuine Seymour Duncan pickups, an SSL-5T (Tapped), SSL-1 (Rw/Rp) and a SSL-1. It is all assembled with genuine Fender accessories along with top quality CTS potentiometers, Sprague Orange Drop tone capacitors and a CRL pickup selector switch.  We do not stop short on the quality of a single component.

Our custom triple recessed mini-toggle switches perform the following functions:

• Switch 1: Toggles between full output and lower output of the tapped SSL-5T pickup.  The tapped lower output of the SSL-5T is comparable to a SSL-1 true vintage pickup and the full output selection provides the full, higher output with more sustain and great harmonics.

• Switch 2: Toggles on or off the neck pickup no matter what position the 5-way pickup selector switch is in.  This mod gives you two more pickup selection options from the standard 5 which is the same as our Gilmour Black Strat modification.

• Switch 3:  "Direct Through Mod".  With this switch activated the output from the pickups is sent directly to the output jack bypassing the volume and tone potentiometers and eliminating any of their signal attenuation.  This is similar to Fender's "No Load" tone potentiometers, but with them when they are set at 10 the pickup signal simply "bypasses" or does not impart a load through the the tone potentiometers, and to not have the "No Load" potentiometers bypassing you must crack down the setting down just below 10 a very small amount and then it will operate as a normal tone potentiometer. A "No Load" tone potentiometer set at 10 is in "bypass" mode. So this option is similar but yet different in how it is applied. The "Direct Through Mod" option allows the full flavor, output and character of the pickup to be sent directly to your amp.

The standard 11 hole pickguard's we offer for this assembly are fully shielded as they come from Fender with the exception of the 1 Ply Black which is only shielded in the control region and is manufactured by Warmoth Guitars. The '62 vintage and '57 vintage pickguard's require a separate aluminum pickguard shield which is to be added extra if so desired and is recommended. Use the separate "Add to Cart" buttons found below for addition of these pickguard shields to your order.  With this particular customized pickguard assembly these aluminum pickguard shields are also fully customized to accommodate the three recessed mini-toggle switches.

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

Pickguard Assembly Specifications / Options

IMPORTANT NOTE:  If you are selecting your pickguard assembly to be built with one of the '62 vintage pickguard's or '57 vintage pickguard they are unshielded as provided by Fender. To have the genuine Fender aluminum '62 pickguard shield or '57 control area shield installed please add it separately below using the appropriate "Add to Cart" button.  The '62 vintage aluminum pickguard shield is a full pickguard coverage shield.  The '57 vintage aluminum pickguard shield is a control area only shield.  These shieldings are specific and authentic to how they were originally built by Fender during the respective era with the obvious exception of the custom modification which allows the recessed mini-toggle switches to protrude through.

Select Your Pickguard Assembly Options

Electronics assembly before wiring. Close-up of the triple recessed mini-toggle switches and custom mounting hardware.

Optional customized Genuine Fender Vintage '62 style Green Lettered / Numbered control knobs. Very similar in style to what you would find on a '62 Strat yet customized in our shop.  Use the "Add On" Add To Cart button to the left to add this unique feature to your pickguard assembly. We can customize these knobs with any selection of Accessories color from White, Parchment or Aged White.