ToneShaper for Stratocaster®
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Item #: TS-S1-SSS-SW5A
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toneshaper - premier guitar mag premier gear award
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2009
PREMIER GUITAR MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2009
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE
MAY 2009
       
   
TECHNICAL DETAILS - PART 1 TECHNICAL DETAILS - PART 2
   
   
  TONAL SAMPLES w/ TIM LERCH  
     
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The ToneShaper for Stratocaster® is a revolutionary new product that replaces the controls on your Strat's pickguard with a control assembly that is passive (no batteries!) and solderless (absolutely no soldering required!). Flip the mini DIP switches to re-configure the board, trying different combinations until you dial in the settings to your liking. No more reading other people's opinions on Harmony Central and then agonizing over how to configure your prewired assembly, now you can try different settings using your guitar, your gear, your hands, and your ears, until you arrive at the configuration that gives you what you want to hear. In six months, when you decide that the grass is greener on the other side, you can start all over again and chase your tail some more. It's a neurosis, and we understand.

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Have a gander at the possibilities:

  • Vintage wiring
  • Modern wiring
  • Blender wiring
  • Series/parallel wiring
  • SSH wiring
  • Assignable tone controls
    • T1 = neck, T2 = middle
    • T1 = neck, T2 = bridge
    • T1 = neck, T2 = middle + bridge
    • T1 = neck + middle, T2 = bridge
    • T1 = middle, T2 = bridge
  • Choose from multiple caps for each tone control
    • .015µF
    • .022µF
    • .033µF
    • .047µF
    • .1µF
  • Volume kit (may be turned on or off)
  • Billy mod (thanks Bill!)
  • Just the good stuff
    • CTS pots
    • CRL 5-way switch
    • Switchcraft jack
    • CTS DIP switches
    • Panasonic polypropylene caps

Fits the control hole layout on standard Fender pickguards, but a full-scale drill template is provided in case you have a non-Fender pickguard and a little tweaking is needed. Email or call with questions.

You will be so cool! They're small, better order two...

 

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by Kevin
on 9/3/2010
No More Hum
Got SCN pickups ages ago despite a ton of back and forth on wiring still not happy.  Found Acme - Installed the Toneshaper rather than continue to throw money at guitar techs.  IMMEDIATE success - totally quiet & clean - bell like tone.

Hindsight is 20-20 bt I should have just bought a pre-loaded pickguard from these guys with the Toneshaper installed already and saved myself months of headaches.
by Qmaster821
on 2/26/2010
Crazy-cool modding options!
If you love messing with/modding your sound, the ToneShaper is just what the doctor ordered!  I didn't buy two, but I bought a ToneShaper as soon as they hit the streets, and it's awesome!  I can change capacitor values with the flick of a switch, and get from moderate to radical tonal changes instantly.  I get traditional strat tone from my Lace Sensors, to an almost humbucker tone, depending on what I feel like, without messing around de-soldering and re-soldering traditional caps.  Not to mention the options of changing my controls and using (or not,) the very handy volume kit.  The only downsides I can see may be that you can't use specific-manufacturer parts (caps, pots, etc.), and some people may enjoy soldering parts and pieces, but these are non-issues to me.  They're put together very well with high-quality parts, and the instructions are well thought-out and very easy to follow.  If you're on the fence about picking up one, go for it; You won't regret it. Crazy-cool!
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