Prewired Strat Pickguard

The Ultimate Prewired Pickguard Choice

$355$372

( 247 genuine reviews)

Don’t settle for some one-size-fits-all generic pickguard. Design your own with the finest-quality materials in the industry. Our Strat Prewired Pickguards are the perfect product for anyone who wants the Fralin Tone, instantly. We use the finest materials available: from CTS® Pots, USA-Made Pickguards, and CRL® Switches.

 

 

 

 

Options

Select options for our Prewired Strat Pickguard:

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Split Steel Pole Strat Bridge Upgrade

Upgrade your Strat Bridge to a Split Steel Pole Strat Bridge. Available in White or Black only. Available in only one output.

Left Handed Pickguard

If you want your pickguard Left-Handed, we can do it! Selecting this option removes all Push-Pull Pot modifications.

Volume Pot Push-Pull Mods

Add an extra dimension of tone by modifying your Volume Pot with a Push / Pull Pot. Please use the “Additional Information” field below to tell us how you want it to work. Choose between the Bright Switch and the Engage / Disengage Volume Kit.

Tone Pot Push-Pull Mods

Add even further functionality to your guitar with a Tone Pot modification. Choose between the Bright Switch and Two-Tone Cap Mod.

Tone Cap

Select your Tone Cap(s). Please be sure to let us know where each tone cap goes if selecting different values. If selecting higher output pickups, be advised the Magic Cap will not work normally.

Browse additional Add-Ons, like Output Jacks, Tremolo Covers, Modifications, and more. The Baseplate and Volume Kit can add tonal functionality to your Prewired Pickguard.

Additional Info:

To speed up your pickguard, please include any additional information here. If you have selected more than one Tone Cap, let us know where each value goes.

Notice

Due to the nature of Raw Nickel, Raw Nickel may contain slight cosemetic defects or abrasions.

Recommendation

We recommend using 2-Conductor With Shield Lead when purchasing a single pickup. 2-Conductor lead allows you to reverse the phase should you have phase issues. Learn About Lead Choice

Notice

While we do our best to match double-white bobbins, there may be subtle differences in color due to different dye lots from the manufacturer.

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We may make minor changes to your order to optimize your pickguard's wiring with your pickup selection. However, we will not make any drastic changes without your consent.

What's Included?

Fully prewired and assembled and includes a set of Knobs, a Matching Switch Tip, and Mounting Hardware.

Our Pickups, Your Personality.

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Prewired Strat Pickguard FEATURES:

At Fralin Pickups, we’re always trying to make you sound better. The Fralin Prewired Pickguard offers the best tone and highest quality available. We use our world-famous pickups with the best ingredients we can get. We hand-wire our prewired pickguard with painstaking attention to detail.

Furthermore, you can customize your pickguard exactly how you want it! With this Prewired Pickguard, you can have the famous Fralin tone and ease of mind. All you need to do is solder a few wires, screw it in, string it up, and you’re off rocking!

Features:

  • The ultimate “Build Your Own” Stratocaster Pickguard
  • USA-Made pickups & electronics for superior quality
  • Hand-wired with USA-Made vintage cloth lead for a traditional look
  • Fully customizable – from appearance to function
  • Features a variety of Push-Pull mods for a personalized tone
  • Hand-assembled signed and dated by our pickguard craftsman
  • 10-year warranty on materials and craftsmanship

 

 

 

 

 

Sound

Load your pickguard with a Complete Set or Mix and Match between our entire Strat® pickup line! Check out our sound samples below:

Sound Samples for Prewired Strat Pickguard:
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We have 7 outputs of our Prewired Strat Pickguard. Compare them below.

About these Sound Clips:

All sound samples are played from Neck Position First and Bridge Position Last.

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Appearance

We only use the finest-quality, USA-Made pickguards available. Our pickguards are standard USA-Made 11-hole Stratocaster pickguards, unless you choose Single Ply, which is an 8-hole vintage-style pickguard. See below for the color options:

Please note: that while we try and make every effort to make sure everything matches, different manufacturers and dye lots can cause subtle differences in hue and tone.

Choose your Cover Color

Customize your look further with our Strat Pickup Covers. We have White, Black, Mint Green, Parchment, and Yellow covers available.

Lindy Fralin Strat Covers In A Line

Installation

Our installation is super-simple! Check out our Installation Video below:

Tech Specs

Coming Soon

We don't have Tech Specs at the moment, but we will have them up soon!

Prewired Strat Pickguard FAQ's

General FAQs

Here are quick answers to common questions we get:

    Product FAQ's

    These are frequently asked questions about our Prewired Strat Pickguard. If you have a question that you don't see listed here, click "Ask A Question" in the Quick Links section above.

    • Can I return my pickguard?

      No. Your pickguard is completely custom-built for you, so we cannot accept returns.

    • What warranty applies to the pickguard?

      10 Years on our Pickups, 1 Year on electronics, parts, and pots.

    • What does the baseplate do?

      The Baseplate adds a touch of power and output to the Bridge pickup. This mod is removable and is only available on certain models.

    • What does the Bright Switch mod do?

      The Bright Switch modification adds a bit of clarity, brightness and output when you pull up on the push-pull modification. This mod only affects pickups installed with 250K pots, so it won’t work on our Steel Pole 43’s and High Outputs.

    • What does the Volume Kit do?

      The Volume Kit (or Treble Bleed circuit) prevents your tone from getting darker when you roll your volume down.

    • Does my Pickguard come with Hardware?

      Yes! We ship all pickguards with the screws needed to install your pickguard.

    • Do you sell Matching Backplates (Tremolo cover)?

      Yes, we do! Simply check “Add matching backplate” in the “Options & Upgrades” box.

Customer Reviews

247 Genuine Reviews for Prewired Strat Pickguard

  1. Brad Kenefick

    Verified Purchase

    Great customer service !!

    My loaded pickguard came just as ordered and beautifully crafted. I heard people say buy a Lindy, now I know why. You should see the wiring and solders all first-rate. And pleasant surprise when I received a phone call from none other than Lindy himself. He called to answer a question I had on copper shielding and EMI. What a surprise !! Then when I mentioned my neck from Warmoth will have a 10.5 radius, Lindy suggested I go with a modified p u stagger. So glad he called. Cannot wait for my neck to arrive to start making some noise. Thank you Fralin Pickups!

  2. Larry Cole

    Verified Purchase

    I had active pickups in my Strat for years. The Real 54’s with the blender give me a good, clean vintage sound with just enough bite. I have Vintage Hot pickups in another Strat. These are my favorites of all the Strat pickups I’ve used over the years.

  3. John Rocklin

    Verified Purchase

    Astoundingly Great !!

    Lindy Fralin and staff are The best! Absolutely top quality products and the best customer service anywhere. This pre-wired Pick-guard went into a Warmouth Strat that I put together. Normally I would have just hand-wired it myself but honestly, after pricing the parts compared to having it assembled & ready to go it was a no brainer. The Blender pot option is so useful, the tone of these Blues special pickups is perfect and the craftmanship in the wiring is beautiful. You can’t go wrong here folks!

  4. Daniel McCowan

    Verified Purchase

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  5. Mike Tatro

    Verified Purchase

    Dynamic Responsiveness

    Over the years I’ve tried lots of different strat pickups: active EMGs, Duncan Antiquities, half a dozen factory Fenders. Fralin Real 54s and Vintage Hots are just way more dynamic and responsive to picking nuance than any other pickup I’ve tried. Period. Pick softly, you get one thing. Dig in, you get another. And every spot in between. I don’t know how they pull that off, but I can’t do without it.

  6. Martyn Crew

    Verified Purchase

    Great Upgrade for MIM Strat

    I had a 1994 Squier MIM Strat with a great neck but crappy pickups. I recently upgraded it with Callaham trem and Fralin pre-wired pickguard and it really came alive. I went with a Blues Special in the neck, ’54 in the middle and a Steelpole in the bridge. The pickups sound great both individually and with the blender pot. I was a bit skeptical about buying the pre-wired pickguard but the wiring is a work of art and made wiring the guitar up a snap. Excellent product, value and services.

  7. Weseley Hill

    Verified Purchase

    My Strat is Awake!

    I installed the Vintage Hots on the bridge and neck position with the Real 54 in the middle. Holy Cow! A great balance of sparkle and mids that make the 2nd and 4th positions very desirable. High-quality components and great finish work. Thank you Fralin Pickups

  8. Charlie Watkins

    Verified Purchase

    Customer added no additional comments

  9. Eduardo Bisono

    Verified Purchase

    Set of Blues Special on Prewired Pickguard

    It took me some time to decide but I couldn’t be happier with the results. Coming from noiseless pickups, my Strat Deluxe now sounds and feels full and alive. A true joy to play. Awesome job Fralin team!

  10. Wes Hill

    Verified Purchase

    I installed my new assembly last night and just put my 90’s Strat down after an hour and I am totally impressed with the combination of the Real 54 in the middle with the Vintage Hots on the ends. Wow these are excellent and it woke my Strat up big time. I’ve tried several pickup brands and custom assemblies, the last being a Mojo Tone, only to be terribly disappointed in the quality of the components and sound. These are Keepers, the pots are excellent. The switch and wiring are excellent top work.
    Thank you,
    Wes H.

  11. Ian Flaherty

    Verified Purchase

    Amazing difference

    Absolutely amazed at how much of a difference these make on my Mexi Strat. So much clarity, definition, and added control over different sounds. I can’t recommend these enough!

  12. Sage Wilson

    Verified Purchase

    Very pleased

    These pickups are great, and with the push/pull mods, my Strat now has another versatile edge. The courier managed to almost lose my order during shipping, but Fralin helped out and managed to get everything corrected when I couldn’t! Awesome company and worth it

  13. Stephen Marcus

    Verified Purchase

    Unreal! Such a fat sound. Really helps out this guitar I’ve built.

  14. Brandon Harvey

    Verified Purchase

    Amazing workmanship and sound

    The sound and workmanship of this pickguard are top notch. I cannot believe how it changed the sound of the Strat I affixed it too.

  15. Larry Benade

    Verified Purchase

    Installed a vintage hots pickquard in a 2000 Fender ’57 Vintage reissue body. Fantastic sound with the chimey overtones and attack transients I was looking for in this guitar. My third set of Fralins. Got my first magic cap on a push-pull tone knob, and it’s a wonder. I’ll finally be using a tone control on a Strat. Now my beefs: I don’t believe the guard is parchment white, as ordered; it’s the whitest guard on any of my Strats. Also, please guys, remove the plastic wrap from the pickguard before you install the PUs and electronics. It’s nnoying to keep trying to pull the plastic from under pickup screws and switches.

  16. Angela Mackenzie

    Verified Purchase

    Customer added no additional comments

  17. Jesse Ostrowski

    Verified Purchase

    Vintage hots

    Ordered a prewired pickguard with all three Vintage Hots, the volume/treble bleed mod, and the bright switch mod. The pickups sound great, very ‘chimey’ as a Strat should sound. These were replacing a set of Fender gen 1 vintage noiseless, which after switching to the vintage hots, sounded much more jazzy and warm (I’m thinking the stacked humbucker style does affect tone more toward hum bucker spectrum). I didn’t care for the volume/treble bleed mod (too much treble/I like the tone shift with traditional volume control), nor did I care for the bright switch (seemed unnecessary for my needs/no significant boost over full volume), so I have since removed both of these mods and have gone with complete standard wiring specs. If you want the traditional bell-like chime of a Stratocaster, then go with the Vintage Hots.

  18. Russ Hungsberg

    Verified Purchase

    Great pickups! They sound really good! I put them on my Masterbuilt Strat. I think they sound better than the originals. Thank you!

  19. Rick Huyett

    Verified Purchase

    Strat loaded pickguard with 3 Steel Pole 43’s

    So far, so great. Put on my ’75 hardtail. It has the 500k pots, Push-pull volume kit enable/disable, Master Tone push-pull brightness, and Blender pot. All of the options are very usable. The tone possibilities are seemingly endless across the entire pickup spectrum with a very smooth transition between pickups. These pickups really have some bite and sound great thru effects as well as for getting a great hard rock sound – I play mainly through Fender and Marshall amps. This is what I was hoping for and am happy.

  20. Randall MacKenzie

    Omg, these pickups are amazing! I knew Lindy’s reputation, but these exceeded my expectations. My guitar sounds amazing. I have six guitars and this is my new favorite.

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NOTES ON COLOR:
  • Please note that while we strive to provide the most accurate color representation possible, different computer monitors, manufacturer dye lots, and other circumstances may prevent the color from matching perfectly.
  • Since we cannot guarantee color matching, we cannot provide a return to you if you are unhappy with the color matching of our Prewired Strat Pickguard.
HARNESSES:
  • Our parts and wire lengths are designed to work seamlessly with our Prewired Strat Pickguard. Due to various guitar and instrument designs, we cannot guarantee that our parts will fit properly, and due to this, we do not offer Wiring Harnesses.

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