Description
This item is a SolderX brand loaded pickguard, hand built with tender loving care, featuring some of the greatest pickups known to man. SolderX is a new company powered by 30 years of guitar industry knowledge.
DiMarzio AT-1™, and The Cruiser® pickups. DP224FCR, DP187CR+N
AxLabs pots (500K/250K, Linear Volume, Audio Tones)
AxLabs 5-way Switch
Mini Toggle Switches
PureTone Output Jack
CDE Orange Capacitor
Plastics by AxLabs
Gavitt Cloth Jacketed Wire (Red+ / Black-)
The AxLabs 5-way switch works just like every other Strat® switch, but the bottom tone knob is a push/pull pot that splits the bridge pickup when pulled.
The bottom tone knob controls the tone of the bridge pickup and splits the bridge pickup when pulled, while the middle tone knob controls the tone of the middle and neck pickups.
This loaded pickguard should be grounded to your guitar by utilizing the bridge ground and body ground wires that should be on your Strat® from the factory. If you’re building a new guitar from scratch then you will have to source some 22 gauge ground wire.
Here is what DiMarzio says about their pickups:
The DiMarzio AT-1™: “A player’s player” is a perfect description for Andy Timmons. He has great touch, phrasing, and tone. Since 2001, he has been playing a DiMarzio® custom bridge humbucker that has only been available on his signature Ibanez® guitar, and it has been his first-line pickup ever since. The outstanding characteristics of the DiMarzio AT-1™ are balance, warmth, and clarity. It achieves this blend with the same patented technology as the PAF® 36th Anniversary, but the sound is hotter and the focus is rock. The DiMarzio AT-1™ was originally designed for a 25 ½” scale, mahogany-body guitar, but it adapts very well to other instruments. It has enough bass and mids to warm up brighter guitars, and enough clarity for 24 ½” scale set-necks as well.
The Cruiser®: If you’re a serious traditional Strat® player, you probably won’t want to know about pickups with side-by-side coils. But if you’re the player who’s up for something more modern with no 60-cycle hum, string drop-outs or sustain-killing magnet pull, we designed The Cruiser® for you. Harmonic overtones are right where you expect them to be from a “true” single-coil, and the mid-range is open and vocal-sounding. It’s hotter than the traditional single-coil, and the bass strings have a bit more chunk; this is an excellent pickup to combine with medium-output humbuckers, and it maintains its tonal identity with high-gain amps and multiple effects. The obvious question about The Cruiser® is “How does it compare to a single-coil sound?” Our feeling is that the unwound strings (“E”, “B”, and “G”) are very close, and the wound strings (“D”, “A”, and low “E”) are fatter-sounding than a true single-coil. There’s also a midrange scoop that’s unique to the Cruiser Bridge. This is really effective for getting big-sounding chords, because high and low strings sound more spread out from each other. Having a total magnet pull that’s about 40% less than standard single-coils also means The Cruiser® can be adjusted much closer to the strings for more power than stock pickups can achieve.
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