I really like the sound of this super strat. It's one of my favorite ones I've heard. Seems like they would be telling the truth about it being a custom A2P.
I really like the sound of this super strat. It's one of my favorite ones I've heard. Seems like they would be telling the truth about it being a custom A2P.
No reason to believe that it isn't what they say it is. It is very common for companies to specify an alteration to a common pickup as an exclusive for a particular model. Fender did this with the Pearly Gates Plus, and Godin did that with the Custom 5 (which they called Custom Custom Custom).
Maybe they asked duncan to make a Jazz but with hex screws to match the Full Shred.
And perhaps duncan found a hex screwed jazz to be too bright so he put an A2 in it and that's why it is labelled as an A2P, i think this sounds like it could've been what went down.
it does doesn't it? the original guitars with the jazz looked like this, they probably got a lot of comments about the pickups looking too out of place together.
of course it's subjective, but I think charvel went for a sleeker more uniform look with their new models and thus got matching poles and a "stealth" duncan logo that is barely visible.
here's a clip that shows off the pickups nicely, around 3:00
I think it might even sound better than a stock jazz, it kinda sounds like a warmer full shred neck, which it might actually be if full shred is close to jazz/APH coils, basically a full shred with A2.