Six Strings and Things Episode 035 Fender Strat Pickup Replacement
Channel: Jester Cat
Date: 25/01/2016

Happy birthday to:
Rock legend Jimmy Page (January 9, 1944)
Jazz great Joe Pass (January 13, 1929)

What we did this week:
Chris is working on ii-V-I chord progressions, including "Satin Doll".

Jes worked on some acoustic stuff and some simple Jazz backing tracks from the Hal Leonard "Big Book of Backing Tracks"
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Backing-Tracks-High-Quality/dp/1480344656

This fortnight we discuss: pickups and wiring; Chris bought a used "Made In Mexico" Fender Strat and got a set of Fender "Pure Vintage 1954" pickups, so we replaced the pickups and liked the result.
http://www.fender.com/guitars/stratocaster/standard-stratocaster/0144602580.html#productsPerRow=2&prefn1=platform&prefv1=Standard&start=1

Jes ordered a custom wound pickup from Catswhisker pickups in the UK:
http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/humbucker.html

And discusses some great "pickup wiring 101" pages from Seymour Duncan:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-tone-garage/guitar-wiring-diploma-course

We give some tips on soldering for anyone new to it.

For podcast fans, check us out at:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/six-strings-and-things/id907212081

Just keep pickin' and grinnin'!