This Fat 50s loaded pickguard is hand‑wound and hand‑wired for players who want the warm, woody, spanky 1950s Strat sound — clear highs, rounded lows and proper “quack” in positions 2 & 4.
A full drop‑in assembly built with the right materials, clean wiring and vintage‑correct parts. No factory shortcuts.
Ideal for blues, country, early rock & roll, clean tones and expressive lead work.
Magnets: Staggered Alnico V (light bevel)
Wire: 42 AWG Heavy Formvar
Flatwork: Grey vulcanised fibre bottoms, black tops
Winding: Hand scatter‑wound
Potting: Wax‑potted
Leads: Vintage cloth push‑back wire
Bridge: South Up
Middle: North Up (RWRP for hum‑cancelling in positions 2 & 4)
Neck: South Up
All pole pieces are charged by hand, and all flatwork is cut in‑house for consistent magnetic response.
Bridge: 6.3kΩ
Middle: 5.9kΩ
Neck: 5.9kΩ
Bridge: ~2.8H
Middle: ~2.75H
Neck: ~2.40H
These values deliver the warm lows, woody mids and clear top end associated with proper 1950s Strat tone.
250k full‑size pots
Linear Volume
Two Audio Taper Tone controls
0.022µF bridge tone cap
0.047µF middle/neck tone cap
Vintage‑style 5‑way selector switch
Output jack pre‑wired
Tremolo claw ground wire installed
Pickguard screws included
Protective film fitted
Fully soldered and ready to drop straight in. Supplied boxed.
Warm, rounded lows
Clear, glassy highs
Woody, dynamic mids
Classic 1950s “quack”
Balanced output across all three pickups
Perfect for blues, country, early rock & roll, clean tones, and expressive lead work.
Vintage white pickup covers
Vintage white knobs
Classic 3‑ply pickguard aesthetic
Fits Fender‑spec Stratocaster bodies. Check the pickguard dimensions in the photos to confirm fit.
Solder the black ground wire to the correct lug on the output jack and connect the tremolo ground wire to the trem block. Incorrect grounding will cause buzzing.
Built, wound, assembled and tested by hand on the Isle of Wight under the workshop name Noodle™ Guitar Components.
A clean, reliable, vintage‑correct upgrade at a fair price.