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Same. To be fair, the 5 series are really, really good and the price difference between a 5420 and 6120 is huge and the law of diminishing returns says you’ll not be getting an awful lot more. 5420, plus some TV Jones pickups and you’ll be pretty much 95% of the way there, for a fraction of the cost.

I’ve learnt pretty all I know about Fender offset guitars from Mike Adam’s, AKA puisheen, on YouTube and Instagram.

Nice. I see it has a Mustang bridge, a sensible upgrade from the standard, threaded affair.

Pics when it’s returned please.

I’ve not known posts to delete automatically on GC.

I don’t have any experience with the Jag/JM trem I'm afraid, although I am intrigued by them. I think that I'm probably not alone here and perhaps why there has been a dearth or replies, that and it being a week with Christmas right in the middle (what day is it?).

Filter-trons are an interesting ‘bucker option. Unlike PAF types, they don’t have that muddy honk.

Good to know .

I could be remembering wrong, it's been a long while since I've had one.

On my last 2 Strats I replaced the bridge pickups. The 1st one was with a Seymour Duncan mini humbucker of some description (it was a long while ago, but I think it was a JB Jnr) and it wasn’t bad. On The 2nd one I used a DiMarzio SDS-1, which is voiced like a P90 and I liked that better. I still had to wire both to an independent tone control to tame the highs, something I do with Teles too.

That’s a very fine guitar, good choice.

Conversely, an Epiphone Uptown Kat, with replacement pickups is a potential route.

If you’re happy to consider a double cutaway, then the Casino or the Casino Coupé (if you can find one) is a fine P90 beast. This is my modified Coupé…

At least it wasn’t a bass, where that sort of thing can be a real bash to the wallet. You can still use those strings of course (if you can stop that slippage), you’ll just have to put up with poor intonation on the G string. That said, I’d just bite the bullet and get some acoustic strings, your ears will thank you.

Listening to a lot of Simple Minds recently, Charlie Burchill definitely deserves mention in this respect.

+1

I always reckon you can’t go wrong with a Yamaha, their gear always punches way above its price point.

A good day for common sense, for a change and, as always, a good day for the lawyers.

IIRC the two jack sockets are for if you are hooking up another cab (I could be way off base here and I’m more than happy to be corrected by those who know better/for sure). However, just plug the micro amp into either socket, you’ll be fine.

Greetings, Iain.

I remember entering the competition in the NME to win that guitar. I also remember not winning and thinking that the winner’s tiebreak answer was pretty good (I loathe the NME because…) and a worthy winner.