Custom pre-wired  11 hole Strat pickguard in aged cream, fitted with a calibrated set of '63 Veneer Board Singlecoil pickups in an aged parchment finish with a zinc plated steel baseplate on the bridge pickup, RWRP middle coil and vintage stagger magnet profile.

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

• Position: Bridge
• DC Resistance: 6.3 kΩ
• Magnet: Alnico 5

• Position: Middle
• DC Resistance: 5.8 kΩ
• Magnet: Alnico 5

• Position: Neck
• DC Resistance: 5.8 kΩ
• Magnet: Alnico 5

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.