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I’ve been playing guitar since the mid-1970s but still consider myself an amateur. A few years ago, a good friend set up my trusty Squier Strat with some new hardware and, although it played well enough, a big chunk of its personality was gone. This puzzled me greatly and sent me on a voyage of discovery. About the same time, a book came out about Brian May’s guitar, examining it closely. I was suddenly hooked on how guitars were constructed, reading about the quirks and failings of different models.
I bought more books and watched StewMac videos. I’m an engineer by trade so I had to get ‘hands on’. I built a prototype, made wiring circuits, and at one point I had a Strat with 19 different pickup permutations. Your article in issue 506,
