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This Stratocaster was purchased new by Jason, and heavily modified, with a new neck, a roller nut, and new pickups, a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in the bridge, a hot-rails strat pickup in the middle, and a DiMarzio Humbucker from Hell in the neck. The Humbucker from Hell had a coil tap wired to it, which when engaged, would make the pickup sound thinner, on an already weak output humbucker. This made the tone completely clean even through a high-gain, metal amp, without having to step on a distortion pedal or anything like that.  
This Stratocaster was purchased new by Jason, and heavily modified, with a new neck, a roller nut, and new pickups, a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in the bridge, a hot-rails strat pickup in the middle, and a DiMarzio Humbucker from Hell in the neck. The Humbucker from Hell had a coil tap wired to it, which when engaged, would make the pickup sound thinner, on an already weak output humbucker. This made the tone completely clean even through a high-gain, metal amp, without having to step on a distortion pedal or anything like that.  
It’s worth noting that,sometime during 1993, the middle pickup was replaced by a Telecaster’s neck pickup. This may have come from Rivers’ Telecaster, now given to Jason.


Additionally, Jason had painted the guitar in a psychedelic paint scheme with thick acrylic paint, and replaced the volume knobs with 20-sided D&D dice. The dice knobs eventually fell off, but one was saved by Karl.
Additionally, Jason had painted the guitar in a psychedelic paint scheme with thick acrylic paint, and replaced the volume knobs with 20-sided D&D dice. The dice knobs eventually fell off, but one was saved by Karl.
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