Custom pre-wired Strat pickguard in aged light mint green with aged cream knobs, fitted with a calibrated set of '63 Veneer Board Singlecoil pickups in aged cream, with a zinc plated steel baseplate fitted in the bridge position

As with all of our pre-wired guards, this one comes loaded with our custom spec BKP / CTS volume and tone pots and Duelund paper in oil tone capacitor and is handwired at our UK workshop

'63 Veneer Board Singlecoil pickups:

Bridge - 6.3k Alnico v, Middle - 5.8k Alnico v, neck - 5.8k Alnico v

Marking the change to a thinner rosewood 'veneer' board, the '63 Veneer Board set is based on some of the slightly hotter coils from '63 and '64, with the slightly smaller diameter Alnico V magnets. While veneer board Strats are usually brighter than slab board Strats, the hotter wind helps to add body to the tone, while the smaller hand-bevelled magnets focus the magnetism under the strings. With deeper bottom-end than the '59 Slab Board set and a more solid high-end, chords carry plenty of weight with a very full, piano-like ring to each note. As with both sets, the coils are scatter-wound with Heavy Formvar wire for wide frequency response and exceptional pick dynamics.