Fullerton wiring

[caesar]

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the Fullerton Signature? I'm trying to make sure the previous owner did get all crazy and mod the circuit. It's bad enough that he glued a block of wood into the trem cavity. My guess is he either wanted a hard tail or just to eliminate upward movement.

When I read about what the PTB was and how it worked, i got curious and since i needed a string change, figured i'd peak under the hood. I got concerned when the only cap i saw was a ceramic on the vol pot (can't read the value). Then I read that the GF sig uses the '54 circuit... now i'm here.

[crfowler]

I bought my Fullerton used. I don't know how it came from the factory as someone had switched out the bridge for a Duncan 'bucker, but otherwise it was standard Strat wiring.

When I replaced the bucker with a G&L AlnicoV, I kept the wiring as it was but added a wire between two of the switch lugs so that the mid tone control also affected the bridge pickup.

[yowhatsshakin]

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the Fullerton Signature? I'm trying to make sure the previous owner did get all crazy and mod the circuit. It's bad enough that he glued a block of wood into the trem cavity. My guess is he either wanted a hard tail or just to eliminate upward movement.

When I read about what the PTB was and how it worked, i got curious and since i needed a string change, figured i'd peak under the hood. I got concerned when the only cap i saw was a ceramic on the vol pot (can't read the value). Then I read that the GF sig uses the '54 circuit... now i'm here.

Unfortunately, there is no picture of the George Fullerton Signature wiring in the Gallery. But the '54-'58 circuitry used a common 250k CTS voiume, 250k CTS tone pot for middle, and 250k CTS tone pot for the neck pickup (so no tone pot for the bridge), and a single .1μF cap soldered on the middle tone control (e.g. see this wiring diagram for vintage Strats on the Fender site). So beyond the pots, no additional resistors are used. To be completely vintage '54 the wiring harness for the George Fullerton Sig should have had a 3-way switch but (fortunately) is has a 5-way.

Hope this helps,

- Jos

[Craig]

Here's a link to the George Fullerton Signature model spec page (this model was in production from 1995-2007).