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HOW TO ORDER YOUR CUSTOM STRAT HARNESS (S-S-S)
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Custom Wired Strat Assembly (S-S-S)

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PICKUPS: <Select One> Fralin Vintage Hots w/Base Plate on Bridge Pickup ($260)Fralin Vintage Hots w/SP43 Bridge Pickup ($250)Fralin Blues Specials w/Base Plate on Bridge Pickup ($260)Fralin Blues Specials w/SP43 Bridge Pickup ($250)Fralin Split Blade Strat Set ($300)Suhr V60LP Set w/RWRP mid pickup ($240)Suhr FL-Standard Set w/RWRP mid pickup ($240)Suhr FL-Classic Set w/RWRP mid pickup ($240)Curtis Novak Vintage Strat Set ($220)Curtis Novak Vintage w/Hot Bridge Strat Set ($220)Curtis Novak Custom Wind (specify in comments) - $220Joe Barden S-Deluxe Set ($439.85) - black or white onlyDiMarzio Area 61 (bridge) + Area 58 (N/M) - $210DiMarzio Area 61 Set ($210)DiMarzio - Any combo of Area 58, 61, 67 or Virtual Vintage ($210)DiMarzio Red Velvet Set ($165)DiMarzio True Velvet Set ($165)Rio Grande Dual Callibrated Set ($187.20)Rio Grande Vintage Tallboy Set ($166.40) - temporarily out of stockRio Grande Dirty Harry Set ($219.50) - temporarily out of stockCustomer Supplied Pickups ($85 labor fee) WIRING: <Select One> Voodoo Tone (5 way, volume, tone, midrange) $80Voodoo Tone Plus (5 way, volume, tone, midrange, neck-on) $89Voodoo Tone Monst (5 way,vol,tone,mid,neck-on, B-M series) $99Fralin Blender (5-way, vol, tone, no-load blender ($69)Blender Plus (5-way, vol, tone/mid-scoop, blender (85)Stock Strat Wiring ($60)Jimmie Vaughn Wiring ($60) TONE CAP: <Select One> Orange Drop (no extra charge)Vitamin Q Paper & Oil ($11.50 upgrade)V-Cap Teflon Film & Foil ($58.99 upgrade)Alessandro High End Vintage Repro Wax & Paper cap ($45 upgrade) VOLUME KIT: <Select One> Mallory 150 Series Vol. Kit ($3)Do not include a volume kit COPPER SHIELD: <Select One> Yes, Include Copper Shield - $18.99 PICKGUARD: <Select One> White, 11 hole, 3 ply ($26)Black, 11 hole, 3 ply ($26)Mint Green (Mint/Black/Mint), 11 hole 3 ply ($26)Parchment, 11 hole, 3 ply ($29)Tortoise, 11 hole, 4 ply ($35)White Pearl, 11 hole, 4 ply ($29)Black Pearl, 11 hole, 4 Ply ($29)Other (special order - $45) ACCESSORY COLORS: <Select One> Black: knobs + pickup covers only ($7)White: knobs + pickup covers only ($7)Parchment: knobs + pickup covers only ($7)Aged: FULL accessory kit w/spring plate (goes well with Mint pickguard) - ($20)Black: FULL accessory kit w/spring plate ($20)White: FULL accessory kit w/spring plate ($20)Parchment: FULL accessory kit w/spring plate ($20) Solderless Option: <Select One> No, do not add the solderless optionYes, add the solderless option ($25) COMMENTS:

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Voodoo Tone® Monster Assembly with Suhr V60LPs in an 11 hole 3 ply parchment pickguard.(click on thumbnail)

Voodoo Tone® Monster Assembly with Fralin Blues Specials in an 11 hole 3 ply parchment pickguard.(click on thumbnail)

Pickups

• Rothstein Guitars is an AUTHORIZED DEALER for all these manufacturers listed on this page which means any pickups you purchase purchase from us carries the full manufacturer's warranty.
  
  
  • LINDY FRALIN PICKUPS- These are absolutely fabulous pickups. We have installed these pickups in countless guitars and what is rather amazing is how consistently good they sound. They are wound by hand by Lindy and his staff in Richmond, VA. We stock 4 configurations: Vintage Hots w/Base Plate on Bridge pickup, Vintage Hots w/SP43 Bridge Pickup, Blues Specials w/Base Plate on Bridge Pickup and Blues Specials w/SP43 Bridge Pickup.
    
    
  • SUHR PICKUPS- Awesome Strat pickups by John Suhr, master builder of Suhr guitars. All Suhr Strat sets have a RWRP middle pickup for hum-canceling in the 2 and 4 positions. We stock 3 configurations: V60 Low Peak (LP), Fletcher-Landau (FL) Standard, and Fletcher-Landau (FL) Classic. With V60LP's, a hand winding technique is reproduced on a computerized winder for consistent hand wound tone of the early '60s, using heavy Formvar wire. These are constructed with Alnico 5 magnets, with a typical DC resistance ranging from 6.4K (neck) to 7.3K (bridge). FYI, John Suhr has sourced his Alnico magnet rods from the same vendor that Fender used in the '50s and '60s. FL-Standards were designed by John Suhr in conjunction with input from LA session ace Mike Landau and blues great Kirk Fletcher (Fabulous Thunderbirds). FL Standards sounds big and full while retaining the detailed high-end sparkle and the big tight lows of the best vintage pickups. FL-Classics are a bit more of a vintage vibe (the Standards are a tad hotter than the Classics).
    
    
  • CURTIS NOVAK PICKUPS- If you're looking for the highest quality truly hand-wound "boutique" pickups then check out Curtis Novak. What do they sound like? Check out the following sound samples. I recorded these as a stereo signal into Pro Tools - one channel using my early 1970's Marshall Super Lead (100 watt), and the other channel a direct signal using Amplitube plug-in:

    Stevie Ray Pride & Joy type lick using neck/middle position - clean with slight edge

    Hendrix Voodo Chile lick using bridge position blending in some neck pickup via a blender pot - dirty with amp distortion

    Wind Cries Mary using neck/middle position - clean sound

    Rhythm Changes (jazz)- this has 2 guitar parts both with the tone knob rolled down about 1/2 way. The rhythm guitar is using the neck/middle position, and the lead part is using the neck position.

  • Curt has been hand winding pickups for 20 years and has studied the methods of the masters. He is quite adept at "scatterwinding" which many feel is one of the secrets to great tone. You will see some very unique options on his site. You may one of 3 different models when ordering: Vintage (these are the real deal old school sound), Vintage w/Hot Bridge (this is a custom setup Curtis winds for Rothstein Guitars which has a vintage neck/middle with a slightly overwound bridge pickup which sounds beefier), and the 3rd option is Custom, meaning you will specify what you are after and we will request that Curtis custom wind this to your specs.
    
    
  • JOE BARDEN PICKUPS - We stock the S-Deluxe strat sets in both black and the new white version. With the introduction of the double-blade pickup in 1983, Joe Barden set a new standard for performance and fidelity in electric guitar pickups. The goal was to enhance tone while faithfully maintaining the inherent sound qualities of each individual guitar, get more output, and cut down on noise. With Joe Barden pickups, you'll experience all the classic tones of your guitar, completely free of hum or noise, and magnified and enhanced to a level you might not have imagined possible.
    
    
  • DIMARZIO - DiMarzio is a fine USA company located in Staten Island New York. I am a huge fan of their Virtual Vintage series. Few people realize that DiMarzio actually makes hum-cancelling pickups for master builders John Suhr and Roger Sadowksy. DiMarzio has been around for a very long time and practically invented the after market pickup space. Engineer Steve Blucher is world renowned for innovative pickup designs. We highly recommend the new Area 58, Area 61 and Area 67 pickups.These are oustanding and really sound like single coil pickups, but without the hum.
    
    
  • STEPHENS DESIGN PICKUPS- These are killer hand crafted pickups. To quote Dave Stephens "I make my pickups fully wound to make a presence and drive an amp to sing its best." Dave Stephens of Stephens Design Pickups is rapidly becoming known on the scene as a maker of some amazingly toneful handbuilt pickups. His reputation was built over a 4 year period in the Portland, Oregon blues scene, making pickups for the city's best known guitar slingers. His pickups are finding their way into the hands of some well known players now like Jake E Lee (Ozzy Osbourne), Nick Curran (Nick Curran Band and the Fabulous Thunderbirds), Michael Mozart (Opera), Steve Rhian (Darryl Dodd Band), David Torn, and others. We stock his Red House, Texas Mojo and Texas 59 sets.
    
    
  • RIO GRANDE PICKUPS -These fine pickups come in an amazing spectrum of both sounds and colors, and the quality is there from winding on down to the packaging. Originated by veteran pickup winder Bart Wittrock in 1993, these pups capture the tone and feel of the vintage pickups we know and love, but with a little more spank. We generally stock Dual Callibrated, Vintage Tallboy, Dirty Harry and Muy Grande sets.
    

Wiring Options for S-S-S Configurations

	Model	Description	1st Pot	2nd Pot	3rd Pot
1	Voodoo Tone	Have you ever asked the question: "why do I really need two tone pots to control different pickups on a Strat?" I've wondered the same thing myself which is I love this mod. Both tone controls function as master tone controls. One tone pot is a standard tone control that cuts highs. The other tone pot is a passive midrange control that enhances mids from 5 to 10 for a thicker sound, and scoops mids from 5 to 0 for a glassy almost acoustic like tone. Read more about the passive midrange mod here. This is totally passive and requires NO batteries and NO body routing at all.	Master Volume	Master Tone	Master Midrange
2	Voodoo Tone Plus	Same as the Voodoo Tone wiring above only this comes with a trick "neck-on" switch. The neck-on switch mounted on the tone control has a push-pull pot which is used to engage the neck pickup at any time, regardless of which position you have selected using the 5 way switch. This allows you to get the two missing sounds from a strat namely neck/bridge (think Tele like tone) and all three pickups on at the same time.	Master Volume	Master Tone on push-pull to engage "neck-on" switch	Master Midrange
3	Voodoo Tone Monster	This is our most popular wiring configuration and it is unique to Rothstein Guitars. It is exactly the same as the Voodoo Tone Plus (above) only this includes 3PDT (3 pole double throw) mini switch to engage the bridge and middle pickups together in SERIES mode for a louder sound with more bottom. Most people use DPDT (double pole double throw) switches for series/parallel switching but the problem we have found with this approach is that when the series link is active, several positions of the 5 way switch produce no sound at all. Our solution is to use the extra pole provided by the 3PDT switch to simply bypass the 5 way. Think of it as a kind of "blow" switch. You can read more about this mod here. Note: This pickguard has an extra hole drilled to accommodate the 3PDT switch.	Master Volume	Master Tone on a push-pull to engage"neck-on" switch	Master Midrange
4	Fralin Blender	A blender pot replaces one of a Strat's tone controls, and allows you to combine the neck and bridge pickups together. Blenders are "no-load" pots modified to eliminate bleed-through when turned fully clockwise. When the blender pot is fully clockwise it is completely removed from the circuit and does not load the guitar's circuit in anyway shape or form. Turning the pot counter-clockwise will blend in either the neck or bridge pickup, whichever is not engaged by the 5-way switch.	Master Volume	Master Tone	Blender (to blend neck/bridge)
5	Fralin Blender plus	Very cool and unique to Rothstein Guitars!!! It is exactly the same as the Fralin Blender (above), only the tone control is replaced by one of our "Mid-Scoop/Tone Switches" mounted on a push-pull pot. When the switch is down this functions as a standard tone control. When the switch is up it scoops mid for a glassy, almost "acoustic" like quality.	Master Volume	Master Tone / Mid-scoop housed on a push-pull pot	Blender (to blend neck/bridge)
6	Jimmie Vaughn	This is basically stock strat wiring but some feel this is a more useful way of employing two tone controls. The first tone control affects positions 4 and 5 of the selector switch only (neck and neck/mid) and the second tone control affects positions 1 and 2 only (bridge and bridge/mid). The only position without a tone control is position 3. This can be modified using a super switch to assign the bridge pickup a totally separate tone control from the other 4 positions (see the "slick willy" wiring below.	Master Volume	Tone for positions 1 & 2 of the selector switch	Tone for positions 4 & 5 of the selector switch
7	Stock	Basic 60's stock strat wiring where the first tone control affects positions 4 and 5 of the selector switch while the 2nd tone control affects positions 2,3 and 4.	Master Volume	Tone for positions 4 and 5	Tone for positions 2, 3 and 4.

Tone Capacitor

• SBE Orange Drop capacitors will be used at no extra charge, or for an upcharge you may select between Alessandro High End vintage repro wax and paper capacitors, Vitamin Q Paper & Oil capacitors, and the ultra high quality V-Cap TFTF Teflon® Film and Foil capacitors. The price will vary depending upon which capacitor you select. Read about capacitor choices here.
  

Volume Kit

• A volume kit (also know as a "treble retention circuit" or "high-pass filter") is used to prevent the loss of highs associated with lowering the volume on your guitar. We use a 1000 pf Mallory 150 Series Metalized Polyester Tubular capacitor in parallel with a 150K resistor.

Solderless Option

We are now offering you a solderless option when purchasing prewired S assemblies with pickups for a $25 upcharge.

• Installation is pretty easy as you only have 3 solder connections to make. To make it even easier, we can wire your assembly with pin and socket connectors, thus eliminating the need for soldering. We'll send you a new claw and output jack with pin connectors attached to match up to corresponding socket connectors in the prewired harness. The pins and sockets are color-coded, so all you will need to do is match the colors and connect corresponding male and female connectors. In total, your assembly will include 3 pin/socket pairs, 2 pairs for the output jack and 1 additional pair for the trem claw. Note: When you remove your existing trem claw you will need to re-setup your guitar. If you are not familiar with how to properly setup a Strat style guitar with a floating tremolo, then you should NOT opt for the solderless option.

Copper Shield

• We may be the only company offering pre-wired harnesses with very high quality, noise canceling, THICK copper shielding as opposed to the flimsy aluminum foil that others will use. Read more about our shields here.

   

  

Pickguard

Rothstein Guitars is proud to announce we get our pickguards exclusively from Warmoth Guitar Products!! After trying just about every vendor you can think of, we have found only one company who consistently makes high quality pickguards, and that is Warmoth.

For S-S-S pickguards, we stock the following 7 most popular colors. All are .09 thick with 11 perimeter holes.

White - $26 3 ply - W/B/W .09 thick 11 hole	Parchment - $29 3 ply P/B/P .09 thick 11 hole	Mint Green - $26 3 ply - M/B/M .09 thick 11 hole	Black - $26 3 ply - B/W/B .09 thick 11 hole
White Pearl - $29 4 ply - WP/W/B/W .09 thick 11 hole	Black Pearl - $29 4 ply - BP/W/B/W .09 thick 11 hole	Tortoise - $35 (*Celluloid) 4 ply TORT/W/B/W .09 thick 11 hole

If you would like another color besides the ones listed above we would be happy to special order it for you.

* IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT CELLULOID PICKUARDS

Warmoth's Tortoise pickguards are made of Celluloid like you will see on vintage Fender guitars. This is the GENUINE stuff.  Please be aware that celluloid is very flammable, so please keep it away from flames. Celluloid is a solvent based plastic and it tends to shrink over the years. Many vintage Fender guitars are plagued with this phenomenon. Very often the material cups slightly, so that when placed on a flat surface its edges may be raised 1/4" to 1/2" above the surface. Even if they're cupped when they come out of the package, they can easily be screwed flat onto the guitar.

Accessory Colors

• This option refers to the color of the knobs and pickup covers, and available with a matching spring plate as well (marked "full kit"). Choose between black, white and parchment. The price for the knob/pickup cover only combination is $7 in any color, and the "full kit" runs $20.

How Long Will It Take? - please read before ordering

The best things in life are worth waiting for. Each assembly is hand wired and tested one at a time. Demand for our services has grown so uur lead time is currently between 1 and 3 weeks.

Branding

The copper shield will be embossed with our logo as a method of branding and authenticating our wiring.