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This is a professionally assembled, custom-loaded, custom-shop-quality Strat pickguard built for players who want boutique tone without the boutique wait time. It features an HSH configuration loaded with top-tier components from Bare Knuckle, Lindy Fralin, Schaller, and Obsidian – all fully wired, shielded, and ready to drop in. Bare Knuckle Mules (Neck & Bridge) – Vintage PAF clarity, touch sensitivity, and dynamic response. Perfect for everything from blues to classic rock. Lindy Fralin Blues Special (Middle) – A hotter, punchier single-coil with beautiful glassy highs and a strong midrange presence. High-End Electronics & Hardware. Obsidian 50’s Wiring Kit – Delivers classic 50’s wiring clarity, improved roll-off behavior, and premium components throughout. Made in New Zealand. Mint Green Pickguard – Clean, classic aesthetic that pairs beautifully with vintage-style builds. Full Shielding & Professional Assembly – Includes a metal backing plate to reduce unwanted noise and ensure a quiet, reliable setup. This pickguard includes a mini-switch between the tone knobs. (under the pickguard on the switch cavity). That allows HSS/HSH selection. Everything is fully functional, cleanly wired, and ready for installation. You’re getting boutique pickups, premium wiring, and professional assembly at a serious discount – a complete high-end upgrade for your Strat-style guitar without paying full retail.

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For your consideration, a Genuine Fender USA Custom Shop loaded pickguard. This is the “Texas Special” version. Comes in original box, with wiring diagram, and matching Trem cover. Look at the pictures closely. What you see is what is included. Tested and working great.

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USA Fender SRV Custom Shop Strat LOADED PICKGUARD Josefina Texas Special Pickups. This is as good as it gets, if you ever wanted the ultimate SRV Strat, just add this loaded pickguard to your guitar and you will have one of the highest quality best sounding set ups ever put in a Custom Shop Strat. This is a USA Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan SRV Stratocaster Loaded Pickguard complete with Josefina Hand Wound Texas Special Pickups, 250K Pots, 5 Position Switch, and Knobs even includes mounting the screws. The Pickguard was pulled from a 2025 USA Fender SRV Signature Stratocaster still has the plastic on it, then we used new CTS 250k pots, a. 05 Fender Cap, a new USA CRL 5 way switch and a set of 2020 Josefina hand wound Texas Special Pickups. Type: Loaded Pickguard (Black 3 Ply). Comments: Perfect condition- plastic still on the pickguard.

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Fender Custom Shop Texas Special SSS Loaded Stratocaster Pickguard, Parchment. Note: Open box – Wear and tear on the original packaging. Customize your tone with the Pre-Wired Stratocaster pickguards. Made with premium components in the same factory as our iconic guitars, this drop-in pickguard is easy to install. Simply remove your old guard, solder the output jack and ground wires, screw in the new guard and you’re ready to rock with pure Fender sound. Custom Shop Texas Special Pickups. Enamel-coated magnet wire for warm vintage-style tones. Staggered pole pieces for balanced output. Alnico 5 magnets for focus and enhanced dynamics. Overwound calibrated pickups for scorching output. Cloth wire and fiber bobbin. # of Strings : 6. DC Resistance : Neck: 5.9K. # of Pickguard Holes : 11-Hole.

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Description: Official American Fender Custom Shop Deluxe Stratocaster Loaded Pickguard complete with Fat 50s (Neck, Mid), Texas Special (Bridge) Pickups, Pots & 5 Position Switch, and Knobs- (includes screws)- Genuine Fender. Type: Loaded Pickguard (Aged Parchment 3 Ply). Comments: Perfect working condition and top shelf.

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Fender Custom Shop Texas Special SSS Loaded Stratocaster Pickguard, Tortoise Shell. Light wear: Previously installed, leads have been trimmed – The protective film is still on the pick guard. Customize your tone with the Pre-Wired Stratocaster pickguards. Made with premium components in the same factory as our iconic guitars, this drop-in pickguard is easy to install. Simply remove your old guard, solder the output jack and ground wires, screw in the new guard and you’re ready to rock with pure Fender sound. Custom Shop Texas Special Pickups. Enamel-Coated Magnet Wire for Warm Vintage-Style Tones. Staggered Pole Pieces for Balanced Output. Alnico 5 Magnets for Focus and Enhanced Dynamics. Overwound Calibrated Pickups for Scorching Output. Cloth Wire and Fiber Bobbin. # of Strings : 6. DC Resistance : Neck: 5.9K. # of Pickguard Holes : 11-Hole.

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Loaded Strat Style Body…….. Plastic still on aged pearl pickguard… Big Block trem w/whammy… Texas Special Classic Blues SSS Handwound Alnico 5 60’s Blues n Rock Guitar Pickups Single Coil TexMex Style for ST Guitar In the 60s Strat pickups changed – they got a bit hotter, the magnet quality improved and started to provide a bit more snap and attack. The Classic Blues set from nails these late 60’s tones, while also. Offering the benefits of a calibrated wind for more even volume balance across. The grey fibreboard flatwork completes the 60’s look. Due to advances in string technology and the wider range of modern guitar necks, the Classic Blues set uses our unique “Modified Vintage Stagger”. Polepiece magnet array allowing for near perfect string-to-string balance on. The greatest range of instruments possible. The famous “Greybottom” tone, look. And feel has never been easier to get. All Pickups are 52mm Spacing Vintage Fibre in Black Alnico Magnet in V. Heavy Build Coil Wire in AWG. RWRP for Middle Pickups. Vintage Cloth LeadResistance:Neck-6.0K. Middle-6.5K Bridge-6.8K. Check measurements on last picture….. If you are going to install a pre-drilled guitar neck on this body you may have to plug the holes on the neck to get your neck mounting screws to align properly.

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FENDER HOT SWITCHED LOADED PLAYER STRATOCASTER PICKGUARD. “PARADISE” – POWERSHIFTER SPECIAL. Search for Gombrelli Guitars. Custom Designs can be ordered from Stratocaster Design Website. Functional summary: Island Paradise goes great with White, Olympic White, Black, Red and more. Custom Crafter with 10 different sounds. This pickguard is hand wired with the amazing Powershifter Special circuit to give you amazing control over your sound. The Volume pot is a speed pot and 2 different capacitors give you more tonal variations. “Island” design with red floral pickguard. Pickups: Fender Hot Player. Genuine Fender Accessories in Pure white. Fully bench and Stratocaster tested. Comes with GG USA documentation and certificate of Auth. Volume: Bourns Brass Shaft Speed pot. Tone 1: Neck. Tone 2: Bridge. Oak Grigsby 5 way switch wired with #2 and #4 in parallel for stock. CTS Vintage Pot 250K for tone 1. Bourn Push Pull 250K for tone 2. All photos unaltered and no AI used to design this specification ;. Both Series, Parallel and Series//Parallel combination circuits. Custom Design and wired by Bruce Gombrelli of Gombrelli Guitars USA. SEE BUILD DETAIL sheet in the images for switching and measured values. MODEL INFO: This is based on the Powershifter design but add dual tones and a speed pot for the volume alone with a custom Flower Fiesta Pickguard with a Vintage Grounding Plate. GG USA is a professional Stratocaster custom Hot Rod design shop. All our products are heavily tested. And all our electronics we are are high quality CTS and Bourns components. Many of our pickguards are tested in Stratocasters as well as on the bench. Fit Info: Fits MIM/USA. SQUIER NOTE : This pickguard is DEEP so it fits most newer Squier Strats and a few older ones. Hard Tail bridge models will not fit this pickguard. Search You Tube for Gombrelli Guitars for many video demos of pickguards and guitars. We take pride in our products. Stratocaster Design is a Fender Custom HOT ROD Stratocaster Design Shop that specialized in Genuine Fender Custom Limited Loaded Pickguards and Fender Stratocasters with enhanced upgraded circuits. Our Hot Rod circuits are custom hand wired by Gombrelli Guitars USA and tested before leaving our shop. They are designed to give the studio or live player a Stratocaster that is incredibly unique with more control over the tone of your Stratocaster at the source of the sound. We Take Stratocasters Seriously!

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