S-1 switching changes have been reported on the 2013 series Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster S-1 switching system. The Fender website is still showing the same wiring as found on the 2010 series of American Deluxe Stratocaster but some people have gotten a new S-1 swtiching diagram with their 2013 Deluxe Stratocasters. If you click on the picture on the right you will see the new pickup combinations listed with the 2013 guitars. If you want to see the older S-1 switching combinations then check out our Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster S-1 Switching System page.

S-1 Switching Changes

It looks like they removed the special tone capacitor and added an option to run the neck, middle, and bridge pickups in series simultaneously. My suggestion to anyone with questions about which S1 system you have on your guitar is to do the following test: With the guitar plugged into your amp and the S-1 switch depressed take a small flat blade screwdriver and lightly touch a magnet on each pickup and listen for a louder pop through your amplifier. This indicates that the pickup is currently active. Do this with the blade selector in each position and write down which pickups are on in each position. This will give you a good starting point to match you guitar up with the correct S-1 switching diagram.

Here’s a list of the 2013 5-Position Blade and 2-Position Push/Push S-1^TM:

S-1 Switch Up (off):
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup in Parallel
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup in Parallel
Position 5. Neck Pickup

S-1 Switch Down (On):
Position 1. Bridge pickup in parallel with Neck & Middle pickups in series
Position 2. Neck pickup in parallel with Middle & Bridge pickups in series
Position 3. Middle and Bridge pickups in Series
Position 4. Neck & Middle pickups in series
Position 5. All pickups in series