*Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Strat

[Slightexpert]

I've looked all over and I just can't seem to find an answer so I hope someone on the forum might be able to help me out. I have a 2011 Fender american deluxe stratocaster that of course comes with the S-1 Switch and the super 5-way switch all hooked up to the N3's. My question is since It has these "special parts"(S-1 Switch and the super 5-way switch) and I would like these to still be functional how would I go about replacing the N3's with new Antiquity II Surf pickup's. Are there any extra steps Required when changing them out to keep the S-1 switch and the super 5-way switch functional. I would love to hear from someone that knows anything about this cause I have all the parts I need but until I know for sure i'm not going to attempt changing these out and risk messing something up.

[DreX]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

Just make note of where the old pickup's red wires went, draw a little picture of it, or even take a pic with your phone, then take them all out, install the SD Ant IIs , have the black cloth wires all go to the back of a pot (grounded) and have the orange cloth wires go to the corresponding locations where the N3's red wires had went.

[AlexR]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

And if you have phase issues just swap where the wires go to.

[Slightexpert]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

And if you have phase issues just swap where the wires go to.

OK so if I have issues which wires should I switch???

[Slightexpert]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

I've looked all over and I just can't seem to find an answer so I hope someone on the forum might be able to help me out. I have a 2011 Fender american deluxe stratocaster that of course comes with the S-1 Switch and the super 5-way switch all hooked up to the N3's. My question is since It has these "special parts"(S-1 Switch and the super 5-way switch) and I would like these to still be functional how would I go about replacing the N3's with new Antiquity II Surf pickup's. Are there any extra steps Required when changing them out to keep the S-1 switch and the super 5-way switch functional. I would love to hear from someone that knows anything about this cause I have all the parts I need but until I know for sure i'm not going to attempt changing these out and risk messing something up.

OK so I have an update I called fender to get a wiring diagram for a 2011 American Deluxe Strat V-neck. So this helps a bunch but I wanted to add to my previous post that the middle pickup is RW/RP so do I wire this one up differently than the others?

[925SS]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

if you wire it as Drex said,(Black to back of pot, orange to where the N3's Red was) & you have phase issues, just switch orange to back of pot, black to N3s red

[925SS]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

OK so I have an update I called fender to get a wiring diagram for a 2011 American Deluxe Strat V-neck. So this helps a bunch but I wanted to add to my previous post that the middle pickup is RW/RP so do I wire this one up differently than the others?

NO

[DreX]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

You won't have phase issues since you bought a full set. Just pop them in and play.

[zenmindbeginner]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

Why don't you solve your problem simply by removing the S-1 pot?

I see no advantage to using the S-1 pot with the Surf Antiquity set unless you are going to actually use those other combinations.

I would Just yank it out and replace it with a 250k pot and a new set of knobs.

[DreX]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

That's terrible advice

[Slightexpert]

Re: *Need Help ASAP* with installing Antiquity II surf pickups in American Deluxe Str

Zenmind I really appreciate your input but in all honesty other than the sweet compound radius V neck if I remove the s-1 then What would be the point of me putting up the xtra $$$ for a deluxe. I know some people dont really like the S-1 switch configuration, but in all honesty whenever I take the time to get the tone dialed in right I absolutely love the sounds you can get out of this guitar especially positions 1-4 with the S-1 switch on. My only quarrel with the deluxe is the N3's they just get a little too muddy at loud volumes for my taste and I know that every guitar sounds a little different I've heard the antiquity II surf pickups in a deluxe before and I definitely like what I heard from them. On a side note I'm not sure if any of you have seen the deluxe's wiring before but it's a d@mn birdnest inside this thing. Ill post a picture of what it looks like when I get a chance.

BTW: Thanks for the post DreX
I would love to hear from someone that has actually replaced the pickups in a deluxe themselves and how it turned out

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