This heavy mod Fender Custom Shop Strat has been my main guitar for quite a long time. It's just that I invested too much on this cat to take it with me everywhere I gig. I mean, I would not be able to reconstruct in case of theft. Has 3-piece body and v-shaped neck just like Eric Clapton. It's not a Relic but is with normal wear and tear over twenty years adding a nice aged appearence to it. Yeah, I like how an aged lacquer face looks. What makes it a real "one of a kind" is the pickup configuration it has: Bartolini V90s, Seymour Duncan Little 59, Bartolini V90s, Seymour Duncan JB from neck to bridge. It has a 3 position strat pickup selector and another small 3 position flip switch that is activated when the strat PU selector is at the middle position to deliver signals from Bartolini PU/PUs as selected on the small flip switch. On the back of the head is the old Custom Shop logo. Crocodile Locking Pegs were not so popular when Sperzel was in fashion back in ten ye...
It says "Thomas Pridgen and Tony Royster Jr. in a classic drum shed circa 2005. Courtesy of GospelChops.com. Unreleased footage from SHED SESSIONZ VOL. 1. " Well one thing about gospel music is that it constitutes the grass roots ground where all those young musical talent to grow while serving and worshiping God. And look how far they're reaching out once fledged out there. We don't have any occasion in Japan, or probably elsewhere.
This is the first Ibanez I bought. After the application of several additional oil stain, it has this nice oiled mahogany texture. Only that I could have only 22 frets, this Ibanez could sound just right for me: Current 24 fret nect inevitably shift the neck pickup a little closer to the bridge, resulting in more muffled "half tone" (tapped bridge + middle) compared to the original Fender Strats. But we never know... Probably I could start a mod project with this guitar... I tried numbers of PU configurations on this guitar before I applied the best out of them to my Fender Custom Shop Strat. And I figured I like Bartolini V90S that is on this guitar also (the white PU in the pictures)
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