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Post by markfromhawaii on Dec 18, 2023 17:08:17 GMT -5
Or is it just a way to prevent the owner from after-market upgrades? I’d love to stick with Fender for a nice Ultra HSS Strat but that 3-hole mounting is making me lean more towards an Ibanez Prestige or Suhr.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 18, 2023 17:25:11 GMT -5
I think it’s a superior design. I can’t speak towards their motives.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 19, 2023 11:16:08 GMT -5
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Post by markfromhawaii on Dec 20, 2023 17:16:27 GMT -5
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Dec 22, 2023 19:55:51 GMT -5
It is a good thing, but struggles to get any kind of universal adoption.
Pickups sound better if you can get them parallel with the strings as well as adjust the height. A strat probably is the guitar least in need of such a thing, but it is a good thing. If I was building guitars with humbuckers, I'd probably build them like that.
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Post by Leftee on Dec 22, 2023 20:13:42 GMT -5
Didn’t Carvin use this design too?
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Dec 22, 2023 22:01:41 GMT -5
Were they three or four screw? I don't remember. It has popped up at random times over the years.
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Post by samspade on Jan 15, 2024 11:11:48 GMT -5
Interesting. I do have a few strats with an HSS. On the one I changed pickups on, I went with a whole assembled guard. Also had an old Am Std with an HSH route and replaced with an HSH Duncan P-Rails assembly. Very cool options. H's are H/P/S capable. Doesn't do everything perfectly, but fun to play with.
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Post by reverendrob on Jan 16, 2024 22:25:57 GMT -5
Fender did it on my HH Jaguar as well, but I haven't needed to change the pickups.
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Post by LTB on Jan 17, 2024 4:24:26 GMT -5
I learned to like them on a Gretsch Bass I had. Easy to level the pickup.
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