Guitar Madness Alnico 5 Pickups, 7-Way Switching, Coil Split on Bridge, Split Tone, Treble Bleed, Low Action. This guitar is brand new and upgraded at our shop.
The guitar is professional set up in our shop and will be ready to rock right out of the box. These were designed for beginners but with the upgrades it suits all levels. This guitar sounds as good as it looks! The guitar weight is a little over 10 pounds.C Shape Neck, 42mm Nut, 21 Medium Jumbo Frets, 25.5 Scale. 1 Set Grover Robomatic 18:1 Tuners. 1 Fender Tremolo with large Mass Brass Block and premium Stainless-Steel Saddles.
1 Matte Black and Polka Dot Copper Shielded SSS Pickguard. 1 Set D'Addario 10-46 Strings. 1 Guitar Madness Neck & Middle Alnico 5 62z Single Coil Pickups. 1 Guitar Madness Alnico 5 Dual Rail Single Coil Size Humbucker. 1 Oak Grigsby 5-Way Switch.1 Black Short Arm On/Off/On DPDT Mini Toggle Switch. 1 Stew Mac Branded CTS 500K Audio Volume Pot (Stew Mac Branded = Premium Potentiometers).
1 Stew Mac Branded CTS 250K Audio Potentiometer (Neck and Middle Tone Pot). 1 Stew Mac Branded CTS 500K Audio Potentiometer (Bridge Tone Pot).
2 470K Resisters (Makes the 500K volume Pot act like a 250K pot for the Neck and Middle Pickups but is a normal 500K Pot function for the Bridge). 047uf Capacitor (Neck and Middle Tone Cap).
022uf Capacitor (Bridge Tone Cap). 1 Treble Bleed Orange Drop. Both the Pickguard and Body Cavity have been Copper Shielded. Strings/Saddles are radius to the Fretboard. The Pickguard is equipped with a Mini Toggle On/Off/On DPDT Switch. When the Switch is in the Neutral or Off Position the guitar functions as normal. When the 5-Way Switch is in the Bridge Position the Neck and Bridge Pickups are Active. In the Middle/Bridge Position, All Pickups are Active. This is sometimes called the Gilmour Mod. Named after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Fame. When the Switch is flipped backward it cuts the coil on the Bridge Humbucker making it a single coil. This is an excellent tone option and perfect for when you want a more traditional Strat sound.When the 5-Way Switch is in the Middle/Bridge Position, both Tone Pots are Active allowing you to blend the tone of the two Pots. And, because this has 7-Way Switching, there are even more blending options. A very nice option indeed!
A Treble Bleed allows the highs to pass through the Volume pot as you roll off the Volume. What this does is keep the Brightness and the Clarity of the pickups the same as you roll down the volume. You have the same clarity and brightness at 10 as you would at 9,8,7,6 and so on. This is a super nice option!
Guitar Madness 62 Z's Alnico 5 Staggered Pole PUPS. These are excellent sounding Alnico 5 Pickups. They have a nice vintage output. Replicated to sound like the classic 60's single coils. Surf, Country, Blues, Vintage Rock and Rock are all in this Pickups' wheelhouse. One of my personal favorites. Guitar Madness Dual Rail Single Coil Size Humbucker. These Anico 5 magnet Dual Rails have a nice bright tone without being shrill like Ceramics. The dual blade construction provides the ultimate string coverage and clarity especially for notes that are bent on the highest frets. With the hum-cancelling quality, increased output, and sustain make them an excellent lead PUP. Perfect complement to the 62z's.