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How to Install New Pickups on a strat-Type Guitar

Remove the pickguard screws.

Detach the stock pickups from the pickguard.

To totally remove the stock pickups, look for the 3 lugs under the selector switch where the 3 stock pickups are connected. When found, de-solder the 3 "hot" wires from the stock pickups.

De-solder the ground wires of the 3 stock pickups from the back of volume potentiometer.

Now the stock pickups are completely detached. Solder the green and bare wires together then solder properly to the back of the volume pot for grounding. Solder the red "hot" wire from the pickup to its the corresponding position in the selector switch lug as mentioned in Step#5.

Return the "volume" pot, "tone" pot and selector switch to their rightful places. Re-attach the neck to the guitar body's neck joint, then screw tightly.

Source: Enrico Monsanto

The Scale Length of a strat Neck

The proper scale length of the Strat neck is a crucial piece of info that enthusiast guitar builders need to be aware of when building, repairing, and modifying Fender Stratocaster electric guitars in their homes.

A guitar's scale length refers to its neck length.

Choosing the Right Strat Neck Can Affect Playability

A guitar's neck scale length affects a couple of very important aspects about its playing. The Fender Strat neck has a relatively long scale length. The latter's scale length is 24.75 inches, while the Fender's is 25.5 inches.

Proper scale length is also important because the differences between different guitar necks cannot be too great, or else a guitar player using one particular guitar will not be able to tune his guitar to the same pitches as another guitar player.

Source: Tim J Brennan