I have this old thing ...
Anyways, nice old guitar - with a lot of "natural relicing" - but I don't play it that much. If at all. I was going to strip it and re-finish it, but that's not going to happen anytime soon.
So I thought I'd give it a new lease of life. I've got a set of Oil City StoneTones arriving later today, and my plan is to cut a new scratchplate and install the StoneTones with complete new wiring. As you can see, everything is mounted on the scratchplate, so a simple "out with the old and in with the new". I've got lots of HB guitars, but only a couple of single coils, so it might get a bit more playing time if it becomes one of the few.
O wise forum ... what are the good Strat-style switching options that I should consider??
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I shall ask Ash later for his recommendations for the Stone Tones.
Your'e absolutely correct in that I've never really experimented too much with SC sounds, so perhaps a superswitch is a good place to start. I can always re-wire it to try alternatives. I think I was scarred by early-life experience with el-cheapo thin & weedy SCs, which pretty much put me off for life.
Ease of use isn't a huge concern, there won't be many times when I'll need to switch sounds seamlessly on stage.