Blender Pot
The Fralin Blender Pot gives you the ability to blend your Neck and Bridge Pickups, as well as get all 3 on single-coil guitars. This is a great product for those who love to “tinker” with wiring, like Lindy!
The Blender Pot only works on Strat and Tele installations. It features a 1/4″ bushing, suitable for pickguard and control plate installations only. For Archtop / Les Paul installations, check out our Push-Pull Blender Pot.
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Blender Pot INFO:
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Blender Pot FEATURES:
One of our favorite and most powerful mods, the Fralin Blender Pot is an easy way to blend your Neck and Bridge pickups to achieve new tones. Achieve Telecaster tones on a Fender Strat by blending the Neck and Bridge together. Blend all 3 pickups together by choosing either position 2 or 4 and playing with the pot. It installs easily by replacing your tone pot 2 (closest to output jack).
The Blender pot includes the following hardware for mounting: Hex Nut and Lock Nut.
Installation
Installation Note: The Blender pot’s wires must be installed into the same terminals as the pickups, otherwise, this modification will not work correctly.
With this mod, you can Coil-Tap Humbuckers, Blend 2-Pickup Guitars, and forget 2 Volume Knob wiring.
Follow the instructions here to wire it up in a Standard Fender Stratocaster, utilizing a Master Tone.
Tech Specs
| SPECIFICATION | VALUE |
|---|---|
| Value: | 250K* |
| Taper: | Audio Taper |
| Direction: | Counter-clockwise** |
| Bushing Length: | 1/4" |
*Value doesn't matter when installed as a Blender Pot | **Turning Blender Pot Down rolls in opposite pickup
Blender Pot Questions And Answers:
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The features page say "It installs easily by replacing your tone pot 2 (closest to output jack)." My tone pot 2 is has the Fender TBX I want to preserve, and use as a master tone. Is there any problem with installing the blender on tone 1 pot instead?
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Q The features page say "It installs easily by replacing your tone pot 2 (closest to output jack)."...... Read moreA
Hey Ben, there's no issue with replacing your Tone Pot 1 with the Blender Pot! - Tyler
Hello, I have some tapped Stratocaster pickups. They have two separate lead wires to different wind amounts. Can I use to blender between the two leads and then have a master wire go back to the switch? I hope I worded it in a way that you understand.
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Q Hello, I have some tapped Stratocaster pickups. They have two separate lead wires to different wi...... Read moreA
Hey Grant, sorry for the late response - that's a great question - I can't guarantee that the Blender Pot will do what you want as we've never tried using it this way, but I think it could do what you're looking for! Give it a try and let us know. - Tyler
Is there a detent in the middle? I want a blend pot without a detent. If it has one, could I remove the detent?
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Q Is there a detent in the middle? I want a blend pot without a detent. If it has one, could I remo...... Read moreA
Hey Don, what you're referring to is a "Pan Pot", which has a center detent. This is completely different and has no detent. - Tyler
Is this considered a "no-load" pot? In other words, when it is set for 0 blend is it a completely open circuit and not just the maximum resistance of the pot?
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Q Is this considered a "no-load" pot? In other words, when it is set for 0 blend is it a completely...... Read moreA
Hey Larry, yes, that's correct - the Blender Pot is a No-Load pot. - Tyler
Can I use the tone blender on my fender Eric Johnson thin line strat.
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Q Can I use the tone blender on my fender Eric Johnson thin line strat.A
Hey Bernard, sorry for the late response - yes, of course you can. - Tyler
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Featured Reviews
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Unlike most strat players I play in the bridge pickup most of the time. My guitar is on the dark side tonally and I play a surf style so it works for me. Although I mostly use my strat at gigs, for recordings I also use a jazzmaster in the middle position with both pickups on. Just installed the blender pot and I can finally make those jazzmaster songs work on a strat live! Couldn’t be happier, what a great new sound out of a guitar I’ve been gigging with for 14 years. If you’re looking to get those tele or jazzmaster middle position sounds the blender is a no-brainer. Works and sounds far better than I expected, thanks Lindy!
Your blender pot is a quick and easy mod on all my customers Strats. Adding the 2 extra pickup possibilities is an eye opener for all Strat players especially. Homerun!! Great quality part as well!!
The blender pot is a great mod for my Strats. I can retain the character of the bridge pickup but smooth the bite a bit by blending in a little of the neck pickup. Likewise, I can brighten up the neck pickup by adding a little bridge. And having both pickups on full adds another cool tone. It’s an easy mod to wire, so it’s a no brainer.
The ultimate strat wiring mod! I’ve tried 10-way and 7-way switches, and this is the one for me. Being able to dial in the amount of blend is really practical (as opposed to being all or nothing like other setups).
I’ll never be without it ever again! It’s like having more than one guitar in your hands! I bought a blender for every strat in my collection!