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HSS Strat Wiring

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I made a video about my HSS Strat, partcularly the wiring. The single coils see a 250K volume pot and the humbucker a 500K.
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Great timing. I'm on this very buzz at the moment with HSS.
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blackstratblues wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:33 am

I made a video about my HSS Strat, partcularly the wiring. The single coils see a 250K volume pot and the humbucker a 500K.
Great video. Great tone and great playing !
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I hope the video was “I bought an obsidian wire HSS kit and installed it” :mrgreen:
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jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:53 am I hope the video was “I bought an obsidian wire HSS kit from Tone Lounge and installed it” :mrgreen:
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Nice playing! And I think this is indeed the optimal wiring strategy for an HSS Strat.
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jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:53 am I hope the video was “I bought an obsidian wire HSS kit and installed it” :mrgreen:
Wiring kits are for amateurs 😂😇
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blackstratblues wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:03 pm
jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:53 am I hope the video was “I bought an obsidian wire HSS kit and installed it” :mrgreen:
Wiring kits are for amateurs 😂😇
It seems professional techs can’t install them so go figure!
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jeremyb wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:43 pm
It seems professional techs can’t install them so go figure!

Exactly 😂😂
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Nice one, I have similar wiring and also use the Thornbucker plus, glad to see you didn't use a treble bleed as well, I can't stand those things.
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Voxshall wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:13 pm Nice one, I have similar wiring and also use the Thornbucker plus, glad to see you didn't use a treble bleed as well, I can't stand those things.
Yup I can’t stand them too!
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