Mojotone '58 Quiet Coil With Hot Bridge Strat Prewired Pickguard

Nice choice with the Mojotone '58 Quiet Coils — those are great pickups. The quiet coil design is really smart and gives that vintage Strat tone without the hum. Let’s break down what’s going on with the blender, volume mod, and tone knob functions on your prewired pickguard: Blender Control: The blender knob replaces the usual second tone knob function, and it lets you "blend in" pickups that wouldn’t normally be active together on a traditional 5-way Strat switch. Here’s what it typically does: Position 1 (Bridge) – Blend in the Neck pickup. Position 2 (Bridge + Middle) – Blend in the Neck pickup. Position 3 (Middle) – No effect (since neck and bridge are not active). Position 4 (Middle + Neck) – Blend in the Bridge pickup. Position 5 (Neck) – Blend in the Bridge pickup. So essentially, with the blender turned up, you can get: Bridge + Neck tones (like a Telecaster). All three pickups at once. Volume Mod: The volume mod (also known as a treble bleed mod) is a small capacitor (sometimes with a resistor) on the volume pot. It helps retain treble frequencies when rolling down the volume. Without it: turning the volume down makes your tone muddier/darker. With it: your highs stay more intact as you lower the volume. If you like riding the volume knob for dynamics and don't want to lose brightness, this mod is great. But: if you prefer the tone to mellow out when you roll back volume (like some vintage setups), you might consider removing it. Totally personal preference. You mentioned: the bottom tone knob controls the bridge, the top tone knob does very little with either the middle or neck This isn’t the standard Fender wiring — which usually has: Top tone: Neck. Bottom tone: Middle. Bridge has no tone control. But Mojotone’s prewired pickguards often come with custom wiring. What you're describing sounds like their "master tone for bridge" setup, possibly with a blender configuration. Here’s a likely setup: Top tone knob: May be disconnected or only slightly affecting the neck (some users say it feels inactive depending on the cap value or wiring). Bottom tone knob (blender): Active control over blending in bridge or neck, depending on position. Sometimes they use a master tone setup, where the tone affects all pickups. If the top knob isn't doing much, you can open it up and verify where it's connected — or just rewire it to suit your taste (like standard neck/middle or neck/bridge tone control). Should You Change These Settings? That depends on how you play: If you like having Tele-style bridge+neck tones or all-three pickups → keep the blender. If you like your tone staying bright at low volume → keep the volume mod. If you want more traditional tone knob behavior → rewire the tone controls (easy fix).