NGD New Guitar Day! Triple HHH Seymour Duncan Hot/Cool Rails

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

I recently received the below highly customized Warmoth "HHH" Stratocaster.
I paid $1000, a good price that included shipping and the Fender HSCase.
I love my Fender Stratocasters, but Fender does not ship "HHH" Stratocasters. Thought
you'd all be interested in a guitar that "Fills The Gaps" between Fender's Product Lines.
Wish Fender made an HHH Stratocaster

It has three very high-powered "HHH" Seymour Duncan Hot & Cool Rails Humbuckers
that are single-coil pickup sized. Stainless steel frets. Shaller everything.
Custom wiring. Really way totally too obnoxiously cool

Custom Electric Guitar - Stratocaster Style / Warmoth Body & Soul

This is a custom exotic of the highest caliber.
It is luthier built from the finest woods, metals & electronics available.
This guitar is new, but aquired two microscopic nicks on the back.
Includes a Fender/SKB Black Hard Shell Case with "Fender" outside.
If you are looking for a "bargain instrument" guitar; this guitar IS NOT FOR YOU!!!
Details include:

Chambered Black Korina Stratocaster Body - Warmoth
Black/Red/Yellow Burst Finish
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Wenge Stratocaster Neck - Warmoth (Search "Best guitar necks in the world")
Graphite/Teflon Nut
1-11/16" Nut width
1959 Les Paul Neck (Back) Contour
Stainless Steel Med Jumbo Frets - 6105
Compound Radius 10" - 16" Neck (Front)
22 Frets
25 1/2" Scale Length
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Vintage Stratocaster Nickel 6 Point Tremolo
Cold Rolled Steel Beefy Trem Block
Schaller Locking Tuners ("soft" install)
Schaller Straplocks
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Seymour Duncan Pickups - Hot Rails, Cool Rails, Cool Rails
Custom Designed Stratocaster Electronics
Master Volume/Volume for Bridge/Volume for Neck & Mid/3 Humbuckers (splitable)
High output "single-coil-sized" Seymour Duncan "Rails" humbucker pickups.
Great for classic rock, garage, punk, heavy rock, thrash, classic metal & nu-metal.
One of the highest output and most popular pickups we make. The two thin blades,
strong ceramic magnet and powerful coil windings give you the incredible sustain
and a fat, full sound that's needed for playing heavier rock music. Theses pickups
respond to the subtlest finger movements. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable.

Thanks so much. Toppscore

strayedstrater · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:01 pm

That's a spectacular guitar. Congratulations!

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

strayedstrater wrote:

That's a spectacular guitar. Congratulations!

Thank you, Strayed.

The unique tones, custom wired switchable humbucker options,
and the three HHH Seymour Duncan Cool Rails & Hot Rail Humbuckers
display incredible array of sounds/tones.

Playing with Stainless Steel frets do give a real nice sustain ~
I've never experienced a tone as Stainless Steel provides.

Take care. Appreciate your comment. Toppscore

chromeface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:13 am

Dave Murray has many of his guitars fitted with that flexible setup...

chromeface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:24 am

Toppscore wrote:

Wish Fender made an HHH Stratocaster

...such this one?

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

chromeface wrote:

Dave Murray has many of his guitars fitted with that flexible setup...

Wow!!!! I am going to pull out my Iron Maiden Karoake setup

I did not know that, acutally.
Maybe Fender can market an "Iron Maiden" custom HHH Stratocaster?
They do ship HH's and Fat Strat HSS's. Why not HHH's???

Toppscore

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

chromeface wrote:

Toppscore wrote:

Wish Fender made an HHH Stratocaster

...such this one?

What is it??? Wow!!!
Fender Factory? Is there an magazine ad or marketing info?
or PartsCaster later modified by a second-third party customizer.
PLMK. Thanks.

Toppscore

***Actually, I've recently spent time searching Fender Factory guitars
and pickup installations. So, let me know what that is. Is it a PartsCaster?

chromeface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:00 pm

Fender did HSH models, the Dave Murray signature series and the American Hand Stained Ash.

Many of Dave's Strats feature a trio of SD Hotrails with a super 5-way switch. Your guitar uses a similar configuration except for the two Coolrails in the middle & neck positions and the 2-way mini toggle used for coil-tap and split.

You may also consider installing a Floyd Rose bridge with locking nut and tuners if you want replicating Dave's sunburst Strat.

Quote:

Maybe Fender can market an "Iron Maiden" custom HHH Stratocaster?

Fender Japan did an Iron Maiden Stratocaster in 2001. This limited-edition guitar was modeled after one of Adrian Smith's Custom Shop axes.

Dave Murray's signature guitar was essentially a replica of the heavily modified '57/62 hybrid previously owned by Paul Kossoff. Fender Japan did a tribute version called HST-57DM featuring a Texas Special single-coil in the middle, a 5-way switch and an original Floyd Rose tremolo.

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

chromeface wrote:

Fender did HSH models, the Dave Murray signature series and the American Hand Stained Ash.

Many of Dave's Strats feature a trio of SD Hotrails with a super 5-way switch. Your guitar uses a similar configuration except for the two Coolrails in the middle & neck positions and the 2-way mini toggle used for coil-tap and split.

You may also consider installing a Floyd Rose bridge with locking nut and tuners if you want replicating Dave's sunburst Strat.

Quote:

Maybe Fender can market an "Iron Maiden" custom HHH Stratocaster?

Fender Japan did an Iron Maiden Stratocaster in 2001. This limited-edition guitar was modeled after one of Adrian Smith's Custom Shop axes.

Dave Murray's signature guitar was essentially a replica of the heavily modified '57/62 hybrid previously owned by Paul Kossoff. Fender Japan did a tribute version called HST-57DM featuring a Texas Special single-coil in the middle, a 5-way switch and an original Floyd Rose tremolo.

Was the MIJ Iron Maiden Strat an HHH or HSH?
Has Fender Factory EVER made an HHH, or are all Fender HHH's third party customized?
Toppscore

Thanks for the tip on the Iron Maiden modification with Floyd Rose.
I am still working on Iron Butterfly

chromeface · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:58 am

Since the MIJ Iron Maiden Strat uses SD Hotrails (neck/mid) and a SD Jeff Beck Junior (bridge), it's an HHH guitar.

chromeface · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:09 am

Quote:

Has Fender Factory EVER made an HHH, or are all Fender HHH's third party customized?

The only "official" HHH Strat Fender did is the MIJ Iron Maiden signature model, though I suppose the Fender Custom Shop produced several Factory Special Runs with three humbuckers for Guitar Center and Musician's Friend.

All other HHH Strats are third party customized.

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

chromeface wrote:

Quote:

Has Fender Factory EVER made an HHH, or are all Fender HHH's third party customized?

The only "official" HHH Strat Fender did is the MIJ Iron Maiden signature model, though I suppose the Fender Custom Shop produced several Factory Special Runs with three humbuckers for Guitar Center and Musician's Friend.
All other HHH Strats are third party customized.

Thanks for the update. Obviously, mine is a Warmoth custom build.
But, three humbuckers with some extra custom wiring will be fun.
Take care. Toppscore

Robinstrat · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:25 am

Congrats!

Wow that body wood looks outstanding, absolutely stunning piece of wood (looks like 2 book matched pieces?).

Cheers,
Robin

chromeface · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:30 am

How do you think about a three humbucker setup with custom switching and active electronics?

CRGuitarMan · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:46 pm **Posts:** 2041

Here's my version of the H-H-H Strat, a '92 Strat that I loaded with a set of Might Mite Split Rails and standard 5-way switching.

The tonal difference between what this guitar is now and what it was before the transformation is nothing short of amazing. It runs the gamut from mellow at the neck to biting at the bridge and it's hum-free all the way.

I've crossed over to the Dark Side now and prefer the humbucker sound most of the time or at least the option of an H-S-S configuration in almost all of my Strats.

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