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The Big Apple Strat is supposed to have a 59n and Pearly Gates Plus for the pickups - right???
I have three dual humbucker Strats
#1 is a "real" Big Apple Fender and I always assumed it had the 59n and Pearly Gates Plus combo.
#2 is a MIJ Dual Humbucking Fender Strat I modded with Duncan Pearly Gates neck and Duncan Custom and a couple of series/single/parallel switches I added - one for each pickup. That one is on permanent loan to my buddy AJ.
#3 I also have a MIJ Strat with a PGn and EVH/78.
Anyways, the switch went bad in my Big Apple and since I need to change it, I ordered the special Fender switch and opened the Big Apple up this morning to repair the switch and install some different pickups.
I'd been mulling over what pickups I want to install in the Big Apple.
And in my mind I decided I'd like to hear a SH-2 Jazz neck and a SH-5 Duncan Custom.
I removed the pickguard and that's what Fender had already installed in my Big Apple: a white SH-2 Jazz neck and a white SH-5 Duncan Custom!
What a surprise!
I'm still going to see if I can make some mods though. I'm going to install a 500K master volume and 500K master tone with a .02 tone cap and then install a Fralin blender pot instead of the extra tone pot.
The five way switch allows me to combine pickups and get:
Neck humbucker,
neck single,
both humbuckers,
neck and bridge pickups single
bridge humbucker
With the blender pot I'm hoping I can switch to the neck and blend in a little or a lot of the bridge pickup. And with the bridge pickup chosen, I'd like to be able to blend in a little or a lot of the neck pickup. I think I can do it.
But what blew my mind is that this guitar already has the pickups I was going to change to!
Mine is in mint condition and has never been altered, as near as I can tell from looking at the wiring and solder joints.
Anyone else ever seen one stock from the Fender factory with a Jazz neck and Duncan Custom instead of a 59n and PG+?
Lew
I have three dual humbucker Strats
#1 is a "real" Big Apple Fender and I always assumed it had the 59n and Pearly Gates Plus combo.
#2 is a MIJ Dual Humbucking Fender Strat I modded with Duncan Pearly Gates neck and Duncan Custom and a couple of series/single/parallel switches I added - one for each pickup. That one is on permanent loan to my buddy AJ.
#3 I also have a MIJ Strat with a PGn and EVH/78.
Anyways, the switch went bad in my Big Apple and since I need to change it, I ordered the special Fender switch and opened the Big Apple up this morning to repair the switch and install some different pickups.
I'd been mulling over what pickups I want to install in the Big Apple.
And in my mind I decided I'd like to hear a SH-2 Jazz neck and a SH-5 Duncan Custom.
I removed the pickguard and that's what Fender had already installed in my Big Apple: a white SH-2 Jazz neck and a white SH-5 Duncan Custom!
What a surprise!
I'm still going to see if I can make some mods though. I'm going to install a 500K master volume and 500K master tone with a .02 tone cap and then install a Fralin blender pot instead of the extra tone pot.
The five way switch allows me to combine pickups and get:
Neck humbucker,
neck single,
both humbuckers,
neck and bridge pickups single
bridge humbucker
With the blender pot I'm hoping I can switch to the neck and blend in a little or a lot of the bridge pickup. And with the bridge pickup chosen, I'd like to be able to blend in a little or a lot of the neck pickup. I think I can do it.
But what blew my mind is that this guitar already has the pickups I was going to change to!
Mine is in mint condition and has never been altered, as near as I can tell from looking at the wiring and solder joints.
Anyone else ever seen one stock from the Fender factory with a Jazz neck and Duncan Custom instead of a 59n and PG+?
Lew
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