New Strat w multi pickup wiring scheme choices via "SD" Card

Jack_TriPpEr

Jack_TriPpEr

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Has anyone seen this yet? Seems pretty innovative and useful. The pickups themselves are solderless connections for easy pup swaps.

http://www.fender.com/series/americ...campaign=AmericanDeluxe-StratPlus-MainFeature

My one concern is that it's not clear whether these are SD cards or a proprietary memory card type. It'd be best if they were and the code for how to write your own custom wiring scheme was open-source , vs. limiting us to only the schemes Fender chooses to offer and us having to pay for it each time. I have a pessimistic guess as to what the answer to those questions are.
 
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Re: New Strat w multi pickup wiring scheme choices via "SD" Card

They aren't SD cards - if they were the cavity would only be slightly bigger than an SD card, or even better it would have an SD card slot. But AFAIK (and this is just a guess) it's not actually digital, which means you can't "program" them.

While I like the idea of being able to program your own wiring scheme, (a la the Music Man Gamechanger) to do it at a decent price point they would likely have to make it digital, which 90% of guitarists DO NOT want.
 
Re: New Strat w multi pickup wiring scheme choices via "SD" Card

Saw these at NAMM. Nothing digital there, and each card has 4 small switches on there for different sounds. What they do is rewrite the electronics. Fender is testing solder-less pickups too, so you can switch them out quickly. They are also working on a solderless cables to attach to any pickup to use with their system.
 
Re: New Strat w multi pickup wiring scheme choices via "SD" Card

kingswebe said:
Has anyone seen this yet? Seems pretty innovative and useful. The pickups themselves are solderless connections for easy pup swaps.

http://www.fender.com/series/americ...campaign=AmericanDeluxe-StratPlus-MainFeature

My one concern is that it's not clear whether these are SD cards or a proprietary memory card type. It'd be best if they were and the code for how to write your own custom wiring scheme was open-source , vs. limiting us to only the schemes Fender chooses to offer and us having to pay for it each time. I have a pessimistic guess as to what the answer to those questions are.
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It's not digital. The personality card is a really good idea actually. I love the one where it turns what would normally be a tone pot into a mid boost.
 
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