Post by ChrisK on Nov 21, 2007 20:10:00 GMT -5
Had to buy it. Just had to.
Ash body, Sienna sunburst finish, rosewood board.
Tex-Mex single coils and a Diamondback humbucker. (I don't really know what these words mean, but they sound impressive.)
S-1 switching for 9 different combos. (Hmmm, a thru-the-nostril (output jack) measurement project is afoot.)
5-Position Blade and 2-Position Push/Push S-1™:
S-1 Switch Up:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Middle Pickup and Inside Coil of Bridge Humbucking Pickup in Parallel (Lead Tone Control)
Position 3. Middle Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup in Parallel (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control
S-1 Switch Down:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Middle Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 3. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Neck and Middle Pickups that are Paired in Series (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 4. Inside Coil of Bridge Pickup Paired in Series with Neck Pickup, in Parallel with Middle Pickup (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Middle Pickup in Series with Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)
Pickup Combo's
So it has a tremo'Leo, and no heel contour. So the neck isn't a 1 3/4" fatback. I like it a whole bunch more than the Highway 1's that go for $600 (well, closer to $500 if you pout, stomp your feet, and hold the salesman's breath until he turns blue).
Strings buzz like a 50cc moped. But, that might explain the cost since setting up a guitar seems to be a lost art at the wall-mart of guitars (dang, those screws ARE rejustable). $663 brand new (less case), normally $1,080 street (with molded case). That's still $300 off. (That's why I had to buy it.)
While I do have a Am Dlx 50th Anniversary Strat, I hesitate to rend it asunder since it is a limited model (limited to anyone that wanted to buy it) and I like it.
This one would look nicer with a black/white/black pickguard, and there are some unconnected terminals on the electrical megahooey innards......(and there are push pull pots....).
The Innards....
It would appear that there is a theme somewhere in here that might lead to a wiring diagram for this in a form that is readable (this is an assembly diagram). Furthermore, it might make for an interesting group discussion/tutorial on pickup/switch/control plumbing.
Now, if you have questions about the difference in tone for pickups in series vs parallel, while the cosmic Fender guitar wiring complexity moon is shining bright (before we lapse into yet another dark age of switching simplicity which then leads to user groups that help each other into Renaissance), go to your local music store and futz aboot with S-1 based stuff.
(While they truly DO NOT have an "endless assemblage" of switching combinations (it's not commercial fraud, it's just marketing), it is an excellent opportunity for some "research".)
So, what should I do to it?
What do you want to know about its inner workings?
(There WERE several Am Std guitars on substantial mark-down ($615 for an SSS in alder), maybe they're being discontinued. Hint, hint, it's two days before Black Friday.)
Ash body, Sienna sunburst finish, rosewood board.
Tex-Mex single coils and a Diamondback humbucker. (I don't really know what these words mean, but they sound impressive.)
S-1 switching for 9 different combos. (Hmmm, a thru-the-nostril (output jack) measurement project is afoot.)
5-Position Blade and 2-Position Push/Push S-1™:
S-1 Switch Up:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Middle Pickup and Inside Coil of Bridge Humbucking Pickup in Parallel (Lead Tone Control)
Position 3. Middle Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup in Parallel (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control
S-1 Switch Down:
Position 1. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series (Lead Tone Control)
Position 2. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Middle Pickup (Lead Tone Control)
Position 3. Full Bridge Humbucking Pickup with Coils in Series, in Parallel with Neck and Middle Pickups that are Paired in Series (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 4. Inside Coil of Bridge Pickup Paired in Series with Neck Pickup, in Parallel with Middle Pickup (Lead and Rhythm Tone Controls)
Position 5. Middle Pickup in Series with Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)
Pickup Combo's
So it has a tremo'Leo, and no heel contour. So the neck isn't a 1 3/4" fatback. I like it a whole bunch more than the Highway 1's that go for $600 (well, closer to $500 if you pout, stomp your feet, and hold the salesman's breath until he turns blue).
Strings buzz like a 50cc moped. But, that might explain the cost since setting up a guitar seems to be a lost art at the wall-mart of guitars (dang, those screws ARE rejustable). $663 brand new (less case), normally $1,080 street (with molded case). That's still $300 off. (That's why I had to buy it.)
While I do have a Am Dlx 50th Anniversary Strat, I hesitate to rend it asunder since it is a limited model (limited to anyone that wanted to buy it) and I like it.
This one would look nicer with a black/white/black pickguard, and there are some unconnected terminals on the electrical megahooey innards......(and there are push pull pots....).
The Innards....
It would appear that there is a theme somewhere in here that might lead to a wiring diagram for this in a form that is readable (this is an assembly diagram). Furthermore, it might make for an interesting group discussion/tutorial on pickup/switch/control plumbing.
Now, if you have questions about the difference in tone for pickups in series vs parallel, while the cosmic Fender guitar wiring complexity moon is shining bright (before we lapse into yet another dark age of switching simplicity which then leads to user groups that help each other into Renaissance), go to your local music store and futz aboot with S-1 based stuff.
(While they truly DO NOT have an "endless assemblage" of switching combinations (it's not commercial fraud, it's just marketing), it is an excellent opportunity for some "research".)
So, what should I do to it?
What do you want to know about its inner workings?
(There WERE several Am Std guitars on substantial mark-down ($615 for an SSS in alder), maybe they're being discontinued. Hint, hint, it's two days before Black Friday.)