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I just ordered a blender and 59trembucker to put in my strat. I called one guitar tech the other day and he was not familar with blender pots. Could you guys help me by giving me an explanation of what a blender pot does and how to wire in strat for the neck and bridge? The bridge pickup, 59tb has a 4 conductor cable on it. I also plan to switch the single tone to be a master tone. I would need a wiring diagram or explanation for that too.

At another thread lew said quot;It's easy. The Blender Pot replaces one tone control and comes with two wires already attached to it. Attach one wire to where the neck pickup connects to the 5 way switch and the the other wire to where the bridge pickup connects at the switch.

That leaves you a master volume and master tone. Connect the tone control to the middle terminal of the volume control...same terminal that feeds the output jack.

That's all there is to it.

Lewquot;

For this explanation I'm assuming lew is talking about the Fralin blenders he sells. Is this correct for what I want to do and all I need to tell the guitar tech, so he can install everything correctly?

I'm just checking with you guys before everything is installed because I don't want him do more work than necessary, as I'm on a low budget.

Thanks for the help guys,
David

Oh I got one more question do you guys think the master tone pot should be 250k or 500k because I'm adding the 59trembucker in the bridge?

from : localhost/blender pot is simply a regular pot converted to a no load pot. VERY easy make. No reason to spend extra $$ for one. Here's the website with a pictorial tutorial on how to make one:

with a 250k for the 59. I've wired up plenty of buckers with 250k's that were alot darker than a 59 and they sounded great. Order the 59 with double screws then radius them, you won't be sorry you did.

Hope this helps.

I'd use a 500K volume and tone pot. 250K will make the 59 sound dull. 500K will make the single coils a little brighter but you can compensate by turning your tone control down. CTS Blender pots are $10 and stock CTS pots are $5. For the extra $5, I'd save myself the time , hassle and potencial of making a mistake and go with the factory made Blender pot. All depends what your time is worth I guess...mine is worth alot more than $5.

Lew

Thanks for the link to the diagram Fritz6. Oh and thanks Lew for the advice before I got everything installed. I don't like my pickups too low and muddy anyways, great advice for that tone and volume pots.