David Gilmour Strat Wiring Diagram

And you can modify your strat to get the same tones.

David gilmour strat wiring diagram. 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. 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. Our s7w gilmour style 7 way wiring harness brings the tone control that david gilmour has used in his famous black strat.

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 function of the recessed mini toggle switch is to activate the neck pickup. Known as the 7 way strat wiring setup it was famously used by david gilmour to give an extra dynamic to his strat. Shop now for stratocaster fully loaded dave gilmour style stratocaster wiring harness with recessed mini toggle switch.

This stratocaster wiring harness is modeled after the fender custom shop david gilmour of pink floyd model guitar. 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. We only use the highest quality parts for our wiring harnesses. It s a unique feature that is synonymous with gilmour s black strat.

About face david gilmour live at hammersmith odeon live. Back in 2011 fender custom shop released a david gilmour model that used his 7 way wiring and a recessed mini switch positioned between the volume and tone controls of the guitar. This is something uncommon what david gilmour has got in his signature stratocaster guitar black strat. The mini toggle adds two extra switch positions on top of the classic 5 positions bridge neck and bridge middle neck.

The neck and bridge on setting is very similar to a telecaster s middle position which is something a strat won t. By activating the mini toggle switch with the 5. The black strat project 1 project start. The david gilmour mod is a dpdt switch or a push pull pot that adds the neck position.

In this post i will show you a wiring diagram of the neck pickup switch. It s easy to do. This wiring harness will give you great service for years. 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.

7 way strat wiring diagram using a volume cts push pull pot. The same result is achievable by using a mini spdt toggle switch aka the gilmour strat mod. If you are converting a strat that already has factory wiring skip to 31 14. This is a stratocaster wiring solution built with high quality parts and crafted by hand.

October 2008 project completed.