Regarding the pickups, and please pardon me if you already have experience with them, the "Super Distortion" is a misleading name for the pickup in IMO. They are fantastic clean pickups and handle effects well... they also coil split very well for convincing Fendery single coil tone. I have the full size version of the SD in two of my four Strats. Both have a coil split toggle... I'll be curious to hear the single coil sized version. As far as the Fast Track pickup for the neck, I've never tried one so I don't know but I they supposedly pair well with the SD. I play through a Twin and use a rather lengthy effect chain so wanted powerful pickups... we'll see how it turns out.BobArsecake wrote:If you're not concerned with resale then I don't see a problem with modding it how you want it, depending on how confident/experienced you are with routing could be a deciding factor though. How much did you get the body for, if you don't mind my asking? Don't think it'd be my choice of pickups but I love the rest of the concept. Keep us updated with progress!
I've done some routing before and feel pretty good about it. I installed a third humbucker on a newer Ibanez Artist and routed the bridge pickup area on one of my MJT Strat bodies. Both came out perfectly... I use the hand adapter on the dremel and go SLOW! I feel up to the job and am planning to rout as little as possible to run the wires from the toggle. One little circle on the lower horn and a channel from there to the control plate.
The body ran me $250 bucks which isn't cheap, but seemed like an OK deal. I was considering one that was only $100 (stripped and stained) but then I had to wonder about HOW it was stripped and what it was stained with. I was thinking I could have it shot in nitro in the color of my choice by MJT but in the end it, it would have cost WAY more than $250. I will be sure to get some pics up once parts start rolling in. Cheers.
