Lessons In Tone Control

Having not soldered anything since my last effort at making a radio in school (over 15 years ago) I decided to take on my biggest modification yet - made possible by the ever-thoughtful-girlfriend buying me a soldering iron for my birthday(!).

I performed a common Strat mod which is to move the 2nd tone control from the middle pickup to the bridge pickup, and leave the middle pickup 'wide-open'. To my surprise the mod worked perfectly, and I can now tame the overly-bright sounding bridge pickup. Technically, this modification didn't cost me anything. The pictures below show which wire was moved to where, and an 'after' shot.