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Fully Loaded Complete Strat® Pickguard Assembly
Seymour Duncan SSL-1 "California 50's" Pickup Set

Must Read - Important Pickguard Characteristic Notice

Seymour Duncan California 50s Strat Complete Strat Pickguard Assembly

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-1 ("California 50's") 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

  • Pickguard Selection Options: 
    • Standard 11 Hole, 3 Ply Black (B/W/B)
    • Standard 11 Hole, 3 Ply White (W/B/W)
    • Standard 11 Hole, 3 Ply Parchment (P/B/P)
    • Standard 11 Hole, 3 Ply Mint Green (M/B/M)
    • Standard 11 Hole, 1 Ply Solid Black
    • '65 Vintage 11 Hole, 3 Ply Eggshell, (E/B/E)
    • '62 Vintage 11 Hole, 3 Ply Black (B/W/B)
    • '62 Vintage 11 Hole, 3 Ply White (W/B/W)
    • '62 Vintage 11 Hole, 3 Ply Mint Green (M/B/M)
    • '57 Vintage 8 Hole, 1 Ply White
    • '56/'59 Vintage 8 Hole, 1 Ply Eggshell
    • '57 Vintage 8 Hole, 3 Ply Black (B/W/B)
  • Pickup Set: Genuine Seymour Duncan SSL-1 "California 50's" with Rw/Rp middle pickup.
  • Pickup Selector Switch:
    • CRL 5-Way.
  • Potentiometers: Three 250K CTS Audio Taper.
  • Tone Capacitor: Orange Drop Polyester Film Capacitor Options.  Here is a link to a video that explains How Tone Capacitors Work.
    • 0.047 uF
    • 0.033 uF
    • 0.022 uF
    • 0.1 uF
  • Control Knobs/Switch Tip/Pickup Covers Color Options:
    • White
    • White with "Seymour Duncan" Logo Pickup Covers
    • Parchment
    • Parchment with "Seymour Duncan Logo Pickup Covers
    • Vintage White
    • Aged White
    • Black
    • Black with "Seymour Duncan" Logo Pickup Covers
  • Pickup Tone Controls:  With standard Strat® wiring the bridge pickup does not have a tone control, only the middle and neck pickups have a tone control.  However, we offer 5 alternate pickup tone control selections to choose from to enhance your tonal shaping.
    1. Standard Strat® wiring: Separate tone control for the middle pickup. Separate tone control for the neck pickup. No tone control for the bridge pickup.
    2. Separate tone control for the bridge pickup. Middle and neck pickups share a tone control.
    3. Separate tone control for the neck pickup. Bridge and middle pickups share a tone control.
    4. Separate tone control for the bridge pickup. Separate tone control for the neck pickup. No tone control for the middle pickup.
    5. Separate tone control for the bridge pickup. Separate tone control for the middle pickup. No tone control for the neck pickup.

California Proposition 65 Warning

Seymour Duncan's most popular single-coil pickup set for Strat, also known as the "California 50's" set. The hand-ground Alnico 5 magnets and moderate windings (Heavy Formvar wire) yield a bright and punchy tone with vintage output. Perfect for players who need accurate traditional single-coil tone, especially with clean and mildly distorted amp settings. The SSL-1 has a focused "bell" tone with a light bass response. Comes with waxed cloth hookup cable and vintage-style "keyed" bottom plate. Reverse wound, reverse polarity (RW/RP) middle pickup for hum canceling in positions "2" and "4" on the five-way switch.

Seymour Duncan California 50s Strat Complete Strat Pickguard Assembly
Representative photograph.  '57 vintage, 1 ply, 8 hole pickguard, with aged white accessories. 

Seymour Duncan California 50s Strat Complete Strat Pickguard Assembly
Complete Seymour Duncan SSL-1 California 50's pickguard assembly.

Seymour Duncan California 50s Strat Complete Strat Pickguard Assembly
Control region of the Seymour Duncan SSL-1 California 50's 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.

Body Ground Connection:  Most of the modern American Strat® bodies (not vintage re-issue Strat's) have a ground wire connection inside the conductive paint shielded control cavity that is fastened down to the body with a small wood screw.  Click here for an illustration of this body ground connection. Most Mexican Strat® bodies we have encountered do not have this body ground connection.  Unless your bodies control cavity is shielded and you plan on connecting a ground wire from the electronics to the shielded control cavity then select "No" for this option. If you select YES for the "Body Ground" option and do not have the solder lug (ring eyelet) and mounting screw to attach this wire to your body, then you can add it to your order here -->

Select Your Pickguard Assembly Options

Pickguard:
Accessories Color:
Tone Capacitor:
Pickup(s) Tone Controls:
Body Ground Connection:
Price: $330.00
Use the following "Add On" options for pickguard shielding with the '57 or '62 pickguards that are unshielded.
To add the full coverage aluminum pickguard shielding plate for the '62 or '65 vintage pickguard. $17.00 Up charge.
* You can't add this shielding to any of the Standard 11 Hole pickguards.
To add the aluminum pickguard control area shielding plate for the '56/'59 or '57 vintage pickguard. $7.00 Up charge.
* You can't add this shielding to any of the Standard 11 Hole pickguards.
Upgrade with a customized set of '62 Style Green Lettered & Numbered Control Knobs: $30.00 Up charge. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CUSTOM BUILT COMPLETE PICKGUARD ASSEMBLIES

Typical turn-around time from order placement until your complete pickguard assembly will be ready to ship is up to 31 days.

All custom built pickguard assemblies sales are final. No returns, refunds or exchanges 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 customer with your specific and unique assembly options selected at the time of purchase. All pickguard assemblies are completely tested to ensure 100% correct operation.

 

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