STARSHIFTER™ 

Including EX and GT

The Newest Fender Stratocaster Supercharger Circuit from Gombrelli Guitars USA

Overview

STAR SHIFTER EX and GT are version with added features

Artist comments: These wiring options create “part” of the wiring selections from selected artist. Other artist may use these type of switching circuits. the STAR SHIFTER is a combination of those along with select GG USA wiring.

Basic Circuit Structure

• DUAL STRATBUCKER – A single switch action that turns an SSS Stratocaster into a HSH Stratocaster
  • Artists
    • Brian May – Bridge and Middle in series
• SUPER SPANK – Which parallelizes the neck and bridge pickups.
  • Artists
    • David Gilmour – Add Neck in Parallel with Bridge
• PHASE SWITCH – “The Brian May” phase switch which lets you have that classic source of the Neck or Bridge pickup in Phase reverse with the middle
•  On EX Version (Plus all the features of the Powershifter)
  • TREBLE BLEED – Maintain treble response on volume reduction. Add
  • DUAL CAPACITORS
  • CENTER SPEEDWAY
• ON GT VERSION (plus all features of the EX version)
  • BASSTAMER (only on the GT)  and Master Tone  – (removes dual Cap)
  • DOUBLE CAP SWITCHING for the DUAL Stratbucker  (.022uf when in stock mode, .010uf when in Dual Stratbucker mode)

Design Requirements

Some of the requirements I look for is:

• Always allow a Stratocaster to be able to run with Stock Switching
• Make it EASY to switch use while playing live or in the studio
• Make it EASY to understand what sound it will make before you switch it
• Make it flexible in terms of ways it can be implemented
• Let there be NO dead spots in the switching
• Allow multiple ways to achieve sounds or even to mix features together.
• Maintain the ability to have 2 tone controls or a Bass/Treble feature.

Implementation options:

• 3 Push Pull
• 2 Push Pull and 1 Micro
• 1 Push Pull and 2 Micro
• 3 Microswitches

Tone:

The default cap selection can be changed when doing a custom orders.but the default is .022uf and .010uf Any pot value will work but usually larger (500k) pots are used for higher winding pickups to do more treble compensation with 250K being the standard otherwise.