Seymour Duncan California '50s Loaded Pickguard White

This Loaded Pickguard from Seymour Duncan is designed to be a drop in replacement for your Fender Stratocaster’s existing pickguard, pickups, pots and switches. This ingenious package allows you to simply and easily achieve superior Seymour Duncan Strat tone. The Seymour Duncan pickups are matched by high quality electronics for a compromise-free pickup swapping solution, pre-wired by Seymour Duncan's experts.

Now available from Merchant City Music, our experienced technicians are able to fit this loaded pickguard to your guitar; get in touch for details. We ship fast to the UK and Europe.

Seymour Duncan California '50s Loaded Pickguard - White

Seymour Duncan’s Vintage Staggered Strat pickups use hand ground alnico 5 rod magnets and heavy Formvar mag wire with a special wind pattern to produce that bright, glassy, bell tone with all of the bounce and sparkle youd expect from the best 50s Strat pickups. The treble attack is crisp and immediate, while the low end remains articulate and focused. Chords ring out with clear note to note separation. This three pickup set includes a standard wound neck pickup, an RWRP, reverse wind reverse polarity middle pickup for hum free clucky in-between tones, and a slightly overwound bridge pickup for easier pickup balance. The pots, selector switch, and cap, are all high quality, and we use vintage style cloth push back wire for all of the connections. This pickguard uses an 11-screw hole “USA” pattern.

Since 1978, Seymour Duncan have been building all of their vintage Fender style single coil pickups with the right colour and thickness of Forbon flatwork, along with the period correct magnet stagger. They hand file the flatwork, assemble, and lacquer the bobbin just as it was done during Fenders Golden Age. Each pickup comes complete with waxed and tinned cloth pushback hook-up wires and traditional keyed bottom plate and is potted after winding for squeal free performance.