Volume Pot Replacement. 1994 MIM Stratocaster. Fender Pure Vintage '59 Pickups. Proper Restring.

In this video, we'll pull the strings & pickguard off of my black 1994 MIM Strat, and swap the current 500K Ohm volume pot in the circuit with a 250K Ohm pot.

This guitar has already been gutted & hand-wired with quality wiring and CTS pots. It's also had the pickups swapped for a set of Fender Pure Vintage 59's (PV59's). We just want to swap the volume pot for one of a different value, taking off some of the very top-end highs, and making it more of a traditional Stratocaster. It's also been copper-shielded....but it was my first attempt, so it's a little ugly.

I'll show you how to heat up the old solder joints & disconnect the components before finally pulling the pot out of the pickguard. We'll also go step-by-step in reverse, 'til we have a working guitar with a brand spanking new 250k ohm Volume potentiometer (pot).

We'll also swap the pickup covers for the white ones that came with the PV59's.

I'll then show you how to properly string up an electric guitar. We'll be using D'Addario 10's.

Let me know what you'd like to see in the future! Thanks for dropping by!

-Southbound