Strat Input Jack Wiring

A detailed step by step on wiring your stratocaster input jack and ground wiring.

Strat input jack wiring. This is the hot wire. And sometimes the problem can even stem from the output jack sometimes wrongly referred to as an input jack and if that s the case then you re in luck because. Cut two lengths of new guitar circuit wire one approximately 6 inches long which will serve as a ground wire and the other long enough to reach from the output jack to the pickup selector switch if the guitar has one. Typical standard fender stratocaster guitar wiring with master volume plus 1 neck tone control and one middle pickup tone control.

This guide will teach you how an output jack actually works so you never need to google a diagram again. Cut the wires connecting the jack to the controls. At fralin pickups we wire switchcraft output jacks on our telecaster control plates all the time. Installing an output jack is an essential skill to have under your belt.

Installing it wrong however can give you a literal headache. The contents of this diagram in whole or part are copyrighted and published for. Sometimes it might be the pickup wiring the guitar s circuitry or even something as simple as using a bad cable.