Strat Guitar Jack Wiring

Strat style guitar wiring diagram with three single coils 5 way lever switch 1 volume 2 tones.

Strat guitar jack wiring. Soldering station solder type my preferred type hakko fx888d 23by digital soldering station fx 888d fx 888. Choose the long thread jack for guitars and basses that have a thick top or control plate. A detailed step by step on wiring your stratocaster input jack and ground wiring. A stereo jack is similar to a mono jack but it s equipped with a third lug and a second shorter bent flange.

One is the ground and it s part of the jack s interior or case. Obsidian wire 5 cardome street bishopdale christchurch 8053 new zealand nz gst. You can also replace the volume control with a push pull pot aka 7 way strat wiring which activates the bridge pickup on command. Also when you insert your cord you should notice a snap securing the cord in place.

The tip arm is completely separate from the rest of the jack being sandwiched between two layers of phenolic. Premier guitar have some wiring mods to try including the nashville strat which replaces the 5 way switch with a telecaster style 3 way switch. Nz 64 0 22 1925 874. The other lug is the hot or primary lead.

The contents of this diagram in whole or part are copyrighted and published for personal use only. That snapping feeling is the tip of the guitar cord locking in to the tip arm pictured below. Typical standard fender stratocaster guitar wiring with master volume plus 1 neck tone control and one middle pickup tone control. The most common output jack for electric guitars is the mono jack.

When you insert your guitar cable the guitar cord is slid through a metal tube. This tube is the sleeve or the ground connection. Most of our older guitar parts lists wiring diagrams and switching control function diagrams predate formatting which would allow us to make them available on this page as pdf files. It has two lugs.

A mono jack is suitable for most guitars. The extra threads give the nut a bit more to bite on.