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Q“Dear Mod Squad, I’ve recently been gifted a SuperStrat. It’s not worth very much, but I’ve cleaned it up and restrung it. It’s got a humbucker by the Strat-style bridge and two single coils. It all works okay and it might have been a good sound back in the 80s, but I’m actually looking for something a bit more like a PAF instead of

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