Mojotone Solderless Convertible Strat Harness

Who needs a Solderless Convertible Strat harness for their Statocaster? Everyone!

Why? Do you like a treble bleed or maybe a blender control? How about one and not so much the other? This harness gives you the flexibility to mix and match those preferences? And… wait for it… it’s solderless!

And I do mean solderless! Not a harness where you have to solder the output connections. Totally solderless. That feature alone is worth the price of admission to this wild ride! Who do we have to thank for that? The big brain of David Shepherd. That’s right, the guy behind Mojotone’s pickups.

Introduction

Installation

This harness is going in my 1990 Fender American Standard Stratocaster. Alder body, maple neck, maple 25-1/2″ board, 22 frets. Tuning is E standard with 09-42 strings. This bad boy is also fitted with a 1980s era German Floyd Rose and an AxLabs Tone Claw. You’ve been reading about this rig in this guitar during the articles on the BKP Boot Camp Strat single coil pickup evaluations.

Blender

You’ve seen the Mojotone Strat Blender feature before. So let’s throw these features out as a reminder. When the Blender option is on, you’re switching options are as follows:

Evaluation

Out of the gate, the screw down terminal connections are a gift from above. Super simple, no malarkey, and a solid connection. Slip down that push-back cloth, insert the wire, tighten the terminal, slide the cloth back up. So easy that even a guitar player can do it! LOL! Plus, the terminal inputs are marked. Hot terminals are J, N, M, and B. Jack, neck, middle, and bridge. And then all the ground connections are G. It’s as if you don’t even need instructions! HaHa!

The Blender configuration is a cool option. When in the neck or the bridge position, you can dial in how much of the other bridge or neck position you want. In the 2 and 4 position, the blender pot brings in position 5 or 1 (respectively) to introduce all 3 pickups at once.

Personally, I’m liking that Mojotone is offering a 500k pot selection. Let’s say you are wanting to hot-rod your strat with a humbucker or three. LOL! Or maybe you are using a noiseless or a stack single-width pickup that suggests a higher value pot. You’re covered!

If you want to march to the beat of your own drummer, as guitarists are known to do, there is easy access to the components. If you need to change the value of the cap or just one of the pots, the solder points are very much out in the open.

Specs

CTS Vintage taper split shaft potentiometers
CTS Blender split shaft potentiometer
CRL USA 5-way lever switch (Switch tip sold separately)
Prewired Switchcraft USA mono input jack
Mojotone Dijon Tin Foil capacitor (.022uF)
Optional Treble Bleed (Preserves highs on volume control)
Detailed wiring diagram and easy to understand instructions

Demo

Conclusion

The idea of not having to solder is great. And that’s coming from a dude that has a really awesome solder station! LOL! Do you know what else is great? Having the freedom of these switching options conveniently on tap. You can really open up and explore a more varied tonal palette to paint your sonic tapestry.

Reach out to Mojotone to select yours with either the 250k or the 500k pot options. And at the time of this writing, Mojotone is offering free shipping on this Solderless Convertible Strat harness. Tell them Phineas sent you!

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