Daytona Pickup wiring question

[ntkguitar]

Just wondering if the Daytona is wired so that the bridge pickup has no tone control when switch is in 5 position.

were Rio Grande pickups an option from factory ? 

any information appreciated 

thanks 

[velorush]

Schematic

OEM Pickups were Seymour Duncan.

ETA: I should have been more help on the schematic: it appears wired exactly like standard Stratocaster, V1 is neck, V2 is middle.  I have never played a Daytona, so someone with real knowledge would likely be a better source.  I'm of the opinion that V2 always belongs on the bridge pickup.  Always.  It's a really simple change to make.

[Cboss]

Interesting, what would be the effect of that .031uf capacitor wired between the input and the output lugs of the volume?

[velorush]

Would mitigate disproportionate roll-off of treble frequencies as the volume was reduced.

Treble Bleed Circuit

ETA: Dirk's Premier Guitar article

[ntkguitar]

On 5/7/2024 at 12:57 PM, velorush said:

Schematic

OEM Pickups were Seymour Duncan.

ETA: I should have been more help on the schematic: it appears wired exactly like standard Stratocaster, V1 is neck, V2 is middle.  I have never played a Daytona, so someone with real knowledge would likely be a better source.  I'm of the opinion that V2 always belongs on the bridge pickup.  Always.  It's a really simple change to make.

Thanks !! was just wondering because some strats have tone control for All 3 pickups but my Daytona didn't. 

[velorush]

6 minutes ago, ntkguitar said:

Thanks !! was just wondering because some strats have tone control for All 3 pickups but my Daytona didn't. 

I've never owned a Daytona (I think I typed that up there somewhere), but I've wired lots of Strats. I don't care too much for the master tone layout because the bridge pickup generally needs more roll off than the others. I also don't care for having two tone controls on the 4 position (when the first tone control is connected to neck and middle and the second tone control is tied to the bridge you have both tone controls functional when the switch is selecting bridge and middle pickups). 

Short of a superswitch, which is the best solution, I just connect tone 1 to neck and tone 2 to bridge and leave the middle pickup without a tone control, but lots of people way smarter and more experienced than I have different opinions on the best layout.

[cmatthes]

Rio Grande pickups were NEVER a factory option for Daytonas.

[ntkguitar]

On 5/11/2024 at 10:15 PM, cmatthes said:

Rio Grande pickups were NEVER a factory option for Daytonas.

thanks. I had bought a Used Daytona a few years ago that has/had Rio Grande pickups in it but I have no way of 

identifying which model they are all they say is Rio Grande. do you know which Seymour Duncans were the most likely factory pickup ?

[Dave Scepter]

1 hour ago, ntkguitar said:

 do you know which Seymour Duncans were the most likely factory pickup ?

JB's and 59's were in most... sorry, I just realized that you were asking about Daytons as I was typing this answer 🤣