Bought a Texas Special pre wired pick guard. Using this video, I successfully installed it in my 40th Anniversary American Strat in less than an hour. This was also my first time soldering, so this video was fantastic help!

Miami Mike has become my favorite Fender spokesmen now

@fender

3 жыл бұрын

😎🙌

Why am I watching this at 5.30 a.m.? I can't even afford a second hand Squier.

@crocketgsxr6

3 жыл бұрын

5:15 am here it just broke out my old Squier.

@alexdenton6586

2 жыл бұрын

Can you afford a Harley Benton ? They are better value for the price

I love that guy.

@blacklotus3205

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Calfee judging by how he was talking he probably loves you too

@lxsound6578

2 жыл бұрын

5:58 yeah...i love this reaction tho

Thanks Ed Sheeran.

@gratefulmusicsound8337

Жыл бұрын

Elton John.

@Dogetheun

11 ай бұрын

fat ginger Steve jobs

@iamstan_rimp

10 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Cyclops1973

5 ай бұрын

Lmfao

@themainmankeanu

3 ай бұрын

Looks neither like Elton or Ed

Hi Mike, You are an asset to Fender for sure. Beautifully done. I'm just gonna do the pre-wired Texas Specials thing. Life's too short. Thanks !

Mike: I've watched about 10 of these, yours is by far the best. I don't know why everyone else makes it such an ordeal. Great video.

‘Fender offers pre loaded pick guards’ Dies in left handed

@jstone8513

4 жыл бұрын

oof.

@statelessmars

4 жыл бұрын

Theirs plenty of custom places that’ll help don’t worry. Or try 920 d custom!

@slowcuber309

4 жыл бұрын

statelessmars thank you! I’m definitely going to try 920d out

@batflashzyzz

4 жыл бұрын

Your username explains me

@chlum6295

4 жыл бұрын

dies in bass

Good idea ! Would you make a movie about how set up pickups, what high is proper for each of them, like single coil and humbucker. Tele and strat. That could be as well interesting form many.

Awesome delivery and informative.. can’t wait to get in that site!

Excellent I can't wait to see a pre-wired Black pickguard David Gilmore model on original Fender list :-)

This is awesome. Thanks for posting this.

Great video. Very helpful. I've just replaced a pre-wired pick guard with fat 50s on my strat after watching this. Thank you.

Great demonstration. Thanks.

Thank you that was great and easy to follow.

excellent video. bravo, Mike!

If you are going to solder on top of your expensive stratocaster at least put down a piece of newspaper or old towel. Solder can sputter and a small bead of hot solder will leave a lovely pin sized burn mark on your paint. This is very evident with a white guitar.

I put two Wide Range humbuckers - same pickups as a Telecaster Deluxe - in my one Strat recently and it came out great. I did need the Strat routed for the pickups, but that only set me back about $40. I've dubbed the guitar the "Stratocaster Deluxe."

Great videos from Fender. Thanks Miami Mike for taking time from partying to show this.👍🏻

So helpful; concise, no fat. Pre-wired Tex-Mex pickups going into a '91 MIM tomorrow.

You do a great demo 👍

What a lovely guy!

Ordered one ..great video ..

I really like these, pretty straightforward, though I have soldiered anything in donkey years , I have guitar that came with P90's somedays you love them and other days its like fighting a grizzly bear, but for the money its a great upgrade, I am considering , great video very clear, what I would suggest also before unsolidering is taken a photo of where wires go , just in case, the instructions are there but sometimes just having a visual also helps, what colour scratch plate with flamed red Alder Body would be best I like black ,

Also more videos like this 🙏

Thanks for this Mike. I have an 80s strat. There is a terminal under the input jack that goes to the screw attached to the body. The guitar doesn't have a backplate but I can see the wire which is fed thru and appears just above the ground screw. that's 5 connections and I only have 4 wires. Can you help? Thanks, Mike H.

I love gaining Access! 🤠

Stranger: hello stratocaster player! Me: did you assume my fender?!

@arcticlark705

4 жыл бұрын

thats COMEDY right there

@npc2071

4 жыл бұрын

The right wing has one joke.

@ggaarreenn

4 жыл бұрын

Jared dines dad jokes😂😂

@ggaarreenn

4 жыл бұрын

Or guitar jokes

@npc2071

4 жыл бұрын

@Équinoxe none of those are jokes. A more concise list including restatements of the same joke: 1) I identify as an attack helicopter 1b) did you just assume my identity 1c) we have as many jokes are we have genders Etc. It's all one joke really, said different ways.

Dam right, tap tap test on the pups before you string it up. Thank you Leo for making my favorite guitar 🎸 You've given me a severe case of Stratitus

off topic but this is the greatest shirt I've seen for years.

my strat doesnt have a ground wire screwed to body , no shielding paint , what do i do with extra wire

6:13 damn that beat slaps

Very helpful! :)

Miami Mike! ❤️ 🏝

Can you have Telecaster and Esquire pre-wired pickguards?

I’ve always disliked the white pickguard on my sunburst strat and there was no way I was going to even attempt pulling the pickups out to install a new one. But the pre-wired ones are a good option and this guy makes it look pretty easy.

@insomeriac5748

Жыл бұрын

Wat if u don’t have a soder gun

@telemeister

Жыл бұрын

@@insomeriac5748 Buy one.

@pugforce8315

Жыл бұрын

This is way harder than just changing the pickguard man, you just have to unscrew them and screw them in the new one. May seem scary but it’s a lot easier than you’d think.

@Lxk3ez

11 ай бұрын

@@telemeisterdumbass you can just use a lighter 🤣

@bunnybuns6342

6 ай бұрын

@@Lxk3ezno you can’t 💀💀💀☠️☠️☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

The Stratocaster - is a Harsh Mistress - the entertaining factor is unbeliefebale your screwing is very good and the construction is iconic be shure if you do something wrong - the Instrument gives you Feedback so thank you Fender as always

I could listen to this dude talk all day. Knowledge, funny, skilled, plus that shirt.

Do this pickguards come with the click on the bridge pup tone knob??

never watched a tutorial this easy

Bob Ross and Mike Adams are the two most instantly likeable humans to ever walk the planet.

I love the repair videos but I wish you would have put the strings on and let us hear the sound of it before and after

@SixStringSlinger1

Жыл бұрын

The video wasn't demoing the loaded pick guard though. He did everything needed for the video

Where is the cloth protecting the guitar body when soldering the output jack?

is there any demo on how to custom paint a Tele? maybe just a suggestion what kind of paint to use?

I have the 920D Custom Everything Axe with two extra switches. I think I know how the switches work but have found vids on KZread that say opposite things. My analysis: Switches down = OFF. Upper one is Humbucker (up to turn it on). Lower one is Neck pick up (up to turn it on). Could you verify this for me? I cannot find this simple info on the Seymour Duncan site or in the instructions they sent me.

Is it feasible to use electrical terminal clamps when connecting to output jack and only solder the ground to tremolo claw?

I have a crappy 80 bux guitar, doesn’t sound bad, but sometimes it gets pretty crappy, planning to get one of these

🔥🔥🔥

Is it compatible for squier bullet strat to build in?

Would these instructions work if I wanted to replace the pickguard/pickups in my Elite Stratocaster and replace them with an American Performer loaded pickguard?

what's the wiring setup for these pickguards? Is traditional like first tone for neck, 2nd tone for middle, and bridge has no tone control? Or is it wired like the player strats, with first tone for neck/middle, and 2nd tone for bridge?

i think about changing the pickups from my 2002 MIM Strat with a pre-wired pickguard. Now i´ve seen there is an additional shield-cable with was screwed into the body. My strat body is not shielded, so do i need to shield the body first or can i ignore the cable an use the other 3 cable ? thanks for your support

hey there! i’d like to get a fat 50’s SSS pickguard for my HSS affinity strat, i’d like to ask if this mod would be even possible and if the process would be any different 🤔

@0000song0000

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you would have to still for the pots and swith to fit the cavity, because the Affinity has shorterparts, and the body is thinner

Where do you attach the ground wire If it’s a hardtail strat?

Hey Mike, its Miami Evan here... Do you think the prewired strat pickguard will fit my 1990ish Squire 2 (made in India) it does have the 11 screw holes. Just wondering if the routing is deep enough to fit the larger strat pots and switch. Also the general shape of the pickguard, is the opening on both Squire II and strat the same? I have read tons of forums and found conflicting info.

Can you guys make a HSH loaded pick guard

What is the color of covers of the new pickups and knobs. They look cool.

Can I use that on my squier affinity stratocaster?

Hey can someone tell me if i have a HSS Stratocaster will the SSS pickguard work in it or do i need to get the HSS? Thanks!

Hey its the king of offsets

This guy needs to be a voice actor

Do these pickguards come with 5 way selector or the 3 way pickup selector?

@BrentHarmon

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Anthony Too bad they don't give the option of selecting either a 5 way or 3 way for stratocaster.

"Gonna set that aside RIGHT THERE" ur funny

Hi!Does this loaded pickguard fits on an Ibanez grx40?

Thanks for this video! How many watt soldering iron did you use? I had a hard time melting the solder on the tremolo claw. I guess my soldering iron doesn't get hot enough.

@bunnybuns6342

6 ай бұрын

What kind of solder were you using? And what kind of soldering iron were you using?

i have a hss shawbucker w the noiseless, i’m putting it in a mim player series. My problem is that the pickguard doesn’t sit flush and i have to press down w pressure to fit it in. When i tested it there was a constant buzz when not even touching it, it works when i tap it but it’s just the buzz it’s annoying. Can i get any help with what it could be?

@kurtispowers5776

Жыл бұрын

I know it’s been two years but was the buzzing stopping after u touched the pickguard or the metal?

If my new loaded pickguard doesn’t have that wire that is supposed to be screwed to the body/shielding? Is any shielding completely useless? Can I add that wire in?

i'll buy these pre-wired kit and replace pots + output jack with emerson pre-wired kit

Would the length of the ground wire affect the hum? After installing my loaded pickguard, it makes a really loud hum when I plug it in. I grounded everything, but I did notice that the ground wires were significantly long. Would that be the cause of the loud hum?

What do you do when the pickguard holes don't line up with existing? I got a hss fender squier fat strat guard to put on my son's fender strat. He wanted a double humbucker basically so thought it looked online like it would match. Holes didn't line up but 3 lol. I'm new to this so kinda clueless. Figure drill new holes or did I get the wrong guard completely? It Works fine tho 🤷‍♂️

What's that little hole circle in the wood???

would this work on a Squire? Great way to upgrade a Squire

I hope you mentioned the correct solder name/number you use for fender components!!!

looks easy as i own a fender strat elite and sadly elite scratch plates diffrent then standart as thrust rod on the end and scratch plates got a cut in the end ,ill habe to cut that part to make it fit otherwise wont ,shame they dont do ready made pickguarda for elite models as im not really happy with my noiless pickups and wanna change them to 50s fat or custom 69

why does de middle tone control works on the bridge pickup?

Is good for a squier strat?

40w soldering iron works fine??? What does Fender recommends?

my old pal mike

Just beware that some Fender Strats have a truss rod adjustment where the neck meets the body and that adjustment wheel requires a NOTCH that won't exist on a standard replacement pickguard kit. I just replaced the pickups on my 2017 Fender Elite strat which has this notch. My solution, rather than buy a specific pickguard for the Elite/compatible notched layout, was to buy a pull loaded pickguard (cheaper vs. individual components of same quality/spec) and then cut my own notch. I used a dremel. I used the old guard to make a paper template for the notch and marked the back of the new pickguard and used a cutting wheel on the dremel to (relatively) slowly cut the notched shape and a dremel low abrasion grinding tip to smooth it out. With the notch added, the pickguard fit into place perfectly. Just be mindful of your own guitar and if the loaded pickguard's common shape matches what you need and, if not, have a plan to deal with it. Full confession, I did NOT account for this but thankfully I had a dremel and quickly figured out a way to fashion a fix for it.

will this fit american ultra?

What’s the difference between a pickguard with 11 screw wholes and one with 13 and will 11 screws fit if you had a 13 before ?

Will I be able to swap a Fender Texas Special into a 1974 American Strat? I noticed the new pickguard has 4 wires and the 1974 only has 3 wires to solder. There is no place to screw in the ground wire unless I drill a hole.

Hello there. I have bought a Strat body without any cables and stuff and I ordered a prewired pickguard. Also I don’t have any cables for the jack entry or ground cable on the back. How can I istall the pickguard?

It would be cool as a metal set with two humbuckers

Does this work in an squier?

Where will you attach the ground wire if it'a hardtail squier strat?

@michaellindsey3280

3 жыл бұрын

Lol great question, I have hardtail squier as well. Did you figure this out

@D4veJap4n

2 жыл бұрын

Route or drill through to bridge and wire up to that

This guy should make a channel where he plays a bunch of jazzmasters.

1:06 but what size of screwdriver? I hace been trying to get the pickguard out, but 2 screws just wont go out. I've read it has to be a Phillips #1. But in my country they dont sell them as that, is says Phillips 4/16" and such 😐 bringing the whole guitar to the store to buy a screwdriver seems unpractical

I wonder if these fit on a Squier Affinity HSS Stratocaster....

@arbazann

4 жыл бұрын

It does

What to do with the extra ground wire if the body doesn’t have the shielding pane place ?

Do you need solder stuff - or do you just put the gun next to the wires and it solders? thks

can i use any type of rosin core solder?

@alexhamilton8000

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but solder with lead will be more reliable and easier to work with

What if my guitar isnt shielded from the inside and doesnt have a hole for the screw can i install the pickguard with cutting off the wire or taping it to the cavity?

so i have an hsh strat, could i install this pickguard on it?

@wazda6488

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure but probably

So if you don't have shielding paint would that make your guitar buzz and hum?

tex mew drop in is at 150 2day on Amazon........ thanks for the video :)

Bought this kit, but somehow my output jack doesnt work now. its a Squire Affinity upgraded, have a real fender and compared to that how to solder the output jack and looks the same, but my tap test showed no sound at all, been soldering diffrent ways but still no sound... wth? what am i doing wrong?

I got the exact loaded pickguard. Is the bridge and middle pickup normally quiet pickups?

@thepiperofsimms9974

3 жыл бұрын

Hello CA, I'm installing loaded pickguard. The black ground wire with the screw attachment has me confused. Should I just screw it into the wood or should I solder to a pot top instead. I don't see where this was screwed into the body like this video shows. Can you help please ? THX Yuma,AZ.

@CA-tc4bg

3 жыл бұрын

@@thepiperofsimms9974 I screwed mine in the wood. The old wiring also had the ground wire screwed in the body.

@thepiperofsimms9974

3 жыл бұрын

@@CA-tc4bg Great of you to respond C A. I thank you very much !

Pickguard will not slide out in if your body has SSS cut and 22 frets , cause neck pickup is on the way !!! On the video they have HSH cut and this exstra space from H in the neck ,allows to slide it in so easy-peasy. But, if you have SSS cut , be prepared to play with the neck pickup(fully unscrew it to take pickguard of and figure out how to screw it back , when pickguard is already attached ).

Please allow Miami Mike time to shred on his newly installed pre-wired pickgaurd!