David Gilmour Strat Wiring Diagram
This is something uncommon what david gilmour has got in his signature stratocaster guitar black strat.
David gilmour strat wiring diagram. By activating the mini toggle switch with the 5. Our s7w gilmour style 7 way wiring harness brings the tone control that david gilmour has used in his famous black strat. Is there a usa strat wiring diagram on this site. This stratocaster wiring harness is modeled after the fender custom shop david gilmour of pink floyd model guitar.
In looking back over the last 2 1 2 years at this initial black strat project a lot of innovation and change has come about in the production of our custom black strat parts kits and assemblies. The mini toggle adds two extra switch positions on top of the classic 5 positions bridge neck and bridge middle neck. If you do not find the list or diagram for your specific instrument on this page we may still be able to furnish you with a hard copy from our archive. Shop now for stratocaster fully loaded dave gilmour style stratocaster wiring harness with recessed mini toggle switch.
The same result is achievable by using a mini spdt toggle switch aka the gilmour strat mod. 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. About face david gilmour live at hammersmith odeon live. If you are converting a strat that already has factory wiring skip to 31 14.
The black strat project 1 project start. And you can modify your strat to get the same tones. October 2008 project completed. This wiring harness will give you great service for years.
The david gilmour mod is a dpdt switch or a push pull pot that adds the neck position. 7 way strat wiring diagram using a volume cts push pull pot. It s easy to do. It s a unique feature that is synonymous with gilmour s black strat.
This is a stratocaster wiring solution built with high quality parts and crafted by hand. The neck and bridge on setting is very similar to a telecaster s middle position which is something a strat won t. We only use the highest quality parts for our wiring harnesses. The function of the recessed mini toggle switch is to activate the neck pickup.
A significant feature of this kit is the recessed mini toggle switch. Known as the 7 way strat wiring setup it was famously used by david gilmour to give an extra dynamic to his strat. It allows him to switch on the neck pickup when the selector is connecting only the bridge or the bridge and the middle single coils. How much of the pink floyd guitarist s go to instrument is still original.
A faithful reproduction of dave gilmour s black strat wiring configuration.