🎵 Elevate Your Strat Game with Style!
The Musiclily 11 Hole SSH Loaded Pickguard is a premium upgrade for your Strat-style electric guitar, featuring a prewired setup with two single-coil pickups and one humbucker. Designed for easy installation, it fits standard Fender and Squier models, ensuring a seamless transition to enhanced sound quality and aesthetic appeal.
Package Dimensions | 28.45 x 24.38 x 5.59 cm; 400 g |
Item model number | GTHS-04 |
Colour | 3Ply white |
Item Weight | 400 g |
N**R
Great guitar pick guard
Loved the simple upgrade of my project.Easy to install.Sounds great.Minimum soldering three wiresInstall wiring diagram.
G**D
Improvements to a Fender Stratocaster guitar
The end result is good and the sound of the guitar is much improved. There was a lot of modifications to make to the guitar so that the new pick guard and pick ups can be fitted. The end results were worth the effort.
B**N
Used to repair a 1990ish Sunn Mustang by Fender Music Co
First off, having done this replacement the Musically loaded SSH pickguard works. I'm only using a 4 watt practice amp but with headphones the guitar sounds as good as it ever did.I have a few observations on using it in the Sunn Strat and why I have it as 4* not 5*The pickguard didn't fit the original holes, only one aligned. I expected this by comparing the photo with my guitar. I didn't expect the hole next to the bottom pot to hit a void though. So be warned...The overall build quality is much less sturdy than the original. The pickguard plastic is more flimsy, the wire and insulation is MUCH thinner. On the plus side this means it's still easy to thread the two wires through to the jack. The sun had a two in one wire.The screws holding the pickguard on are MUCH larger, compared to the Sunny's tiny screws. This means they protrude above the countersinking unlike the Sunn's. So in theory, it's possible you might catch a knuckle, in practice it's not happened after an hour or so's punk playing. It doesn't look as neat as a result though, and I prefer the really small screws. I couldn't reuse them as they were tarnished.I had to use my old screw head bolts from the Sunn to hold the humbucker in place as the new ones were too long to fit in the void and this seemed easier that drilling out new cavities. This seemed a little weird, As I can't imagine wanting to position the pickup anywhere near that low...? It also means I have two tarnished screws on and otherwise sparling install.On the plus side the pickguard covered all the old holes only revealing a small flat area that had previously been hidden. A small price to get the guitar working again so cheaply.The photos of this item are excellent and the wiring diagram is both essential (for me) and easy to follow when it came to soldering it into place. My photos are of what I replaced purely to elaborate on my comments.Without this product at this price another strat copy may have simply died, as it wasn't worth spending more than this on it, so thanks Musiclily. (And no I don't work for them).I took the opportunity to redo the setup, following the fender online school advice on adjusting the truss rod to sort out a slight hump in the neck, and setting new string heights, it now plays as well as it did it the 1990s. This was a pretty straightforward mini project that took a few hours, what with restringing, cleaning etc... Well worth having a go if you are thinking about it. I'm glad I did.
M**N
Fantastic !
A great upgrade on a Strat build. The pickups sound better than a set of Wilkinson’s I have. Great job!
M**W
Reasonably good for the price
I bought this for a project guitar I was putting together - I didn't want anything at all expensive for an untested/untried rig. I didn't actually use the frame as I had created my own but it was easy to remove the component parts and then refit. The wiring and soldering seems to be ok and I didn't have to make any adjustments. There isn't a jack with this but bought one separately and was easy enough to solder the connections. Works well and for the price I am happy enough with the sound quality.
C**C
Budget item, great value
Fits exactly to Fender style Strats or Teles, pickups and pots are budget but work well. Kit is complete with all necessary screws. Great value for money.