Guitar Thread

[fineslime]

I'm playing a show tomorrow at the Peabody vfw. Wicked sick show line up is so so sick.

I'm kinda stuck with my marshall cab. I know that sounds funny but my main cab. The blue voodoo came with vintage 30s. That's my main stack sound. The most important thing. My Carvin is more fender than marshall. I'd say it's almost boogie but more reliable. It's clean at super high volume. Especially through that cheap marshall cab with whatever.

I'm back lining my kit and I need my head. I'm using the Prius to get the stuff in Dorchester tomorrow. No space for my cab at all as there's two of us. I have no choice about the cab.

It's a MDF cab with I forget speaker in it. Most of the online community feeling similar it's a trash fire that's light enough to keep at home.

If I bought v30s for the MDF cab would tone be fixed? Is my birch crate cab just so blessed with the supreme sick in general that it just can't be topped?

I've read online that MDF should never be fucked with. It's just trash.

What do y'all think?

how'd the show go, flea? @Unkle Fleak

[Unkle Fleak]

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I'm playing a show tomorrow at the Peabody vfw. Wicked sick show line up is so so sick.

I'm kinda stuck with my marshall cab. I know that sounds funny but my main cab. The blue voodoo came with vintage 30s. That's my main stack sound. The most important thing. My Carvin is more fender than marshall. I'd say it's almost boogie but more reliable. It's clean at super high volume. Especially through that cheap marshall cab with whatever.

I'm back lining my kit and I need my head. I'm using the Prius to get the stuff in Dorchester tomorrow. No space for my cab at all as there's two of us. I have no choice about the cab.

It's a MDF cab with I forget speaker in it. Most of the online community feeling similar it's a trash fire that's light enough to keep at home.

If I bought v30s for the MDF cab would tone be fixed? Is my birch crate cab just so blessed with the supreme sick in general that it just can't be topped?

I've read online that MDF should never be fucked with. It's just trash.

What do y'all think?

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how'd the show go, flea? @Unkle Fleak

It was off the chain. Salem has a pretty dope little scene rn.

I'm gonna keep feeding it see wut happens next.

[fineslime]

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I'm playing a show tomorrow at the Peabody vfw. Wicked sick show line up is so so sick.

I'm kinda stuck with my marshall cab. I know that sounds funny but my main cab. The blue voodoo came with vintage 30s. That's my main stack sound. The most important thing. My Carvin is more fender than marshall. I'd say it's almost boogie but more reliable. It's clean at super high volume. Especially through that cheap marshall cab with whatever.

I'm back lining my kit and I need my head. I'm using the Prius to get the stuff in Dorchester tomorrow. No space for my cab at all as there's two of us. I have no choice about the cab.

It's a MDF cab with I forget speaker in it. Most of the online community feeling similar it's a trash fire that's light enough to keep at home.

If I bought v30s for the MDF cab would tone be fixed? Is my birch crate cab just so blessed with the supreme sick in general that it just can't be topped?

I've read online that MDF should never be fucked with. It's just trash.

What do y'all think?

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how'd the show go, flea? @Unkle Fleak

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It was off the chain. Salem has a pretty dope little scene rn.

I'm gonna keep feeding it see wut happens next.

Lotta witches there I hear too... Awesome brother. Very happy for you.

[magiccarpetride]

Got an old Epi Les paul from a friend from high school, needs new tuners and pickups (was robbed for parts) any suggestions on some dope humbuckers to put in?

[Painted Baby]

Got an old Epi Les paul from a friend from high school, needs new tuners and pickups (was robbed for parts) any suggestions on some dope humbuckers to put in?

Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and a 59 in the neck is a classic combo but I say that as someone who would one day like to be a LP player. I was just looking at Edwards or Grassroots Les Pauls last night and the end I was sorting for those pickups.

[Unkle Fleak]

Got an old Epi Les paul from a friend from high school, needs new tuners and pickups (was robbed for parts) any suggestions on some dope humbuckers to put in?

Def do.

So for me. The options are Screaming Demon (George lynch) pickup. Super distortion or the slash pickup set.

I’m partial to ceramic mini humbucjers

The pg13 or the one I got rn Super Distortion dpsdp90 I think it is.

I want it on a slant but I don’t wanna route the top on my current ride. I’m definitely getting the Paul Gilbert pg13 next time for my strat. I’m throwing a set of out of phase 50s style singles in the middle and the neck.

I want the hot ass bridge but I want the srv tones too

When we recorded the album I used a lp classic custom shop for the rhythm. It has the best 500t I’ve ever heard.

For the leads I used the epiphone p90. The next album will have that again for sure

[magiccarpetride]

Sick. The JB and 59 Classic combo was in mind but i also like the tone from the Gibson 498t&r but dont want to spend the money all on the pickups cause the pots def need replacing as well. Definitely gonna be a project but ill post a pic once its all done....eventually

[beandemon]

Sick. The JB and 59 Classic combo was in mind but i also like the tone from the Gibson 498t&r but dont want to spend the money all on the pickups cause the pots def need replacing as well. Definitely gonna be a project but ill post a pic once its all done....eventually

Sounds fun. Learn to solder. Might consider used on pickups. Quality pots is pots. Caps is caps. Don’t get suckered by marketing bs. Alpha, cts, bourns. Don’t pay more than 5 bux for a cap, and you can’t hear cloth covered wire. Don’t cheap out on jacks or switches, but again, just get decent but not fancy. Think equivalent of bones reds, not Swiss or generic.

[Painted Baby]

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Sick. The JB and 59 Classic combo was in mind but i also like the tone from the Gibson 498t&r but dont want to spend the money all on the pickups cause the pots def need replacing as well. Definitely gonna be a project but ill post a pic once its all done....eventually

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Sounds fun. Learn to solder. Might consider used on pickups. Quality pots is pots. Caps is caps. Don’t get suckered by marketing bs. Alpha, cts, bourns. Don’t pay more than 5 bux for a cap, and you can’t hear cloth covered wire. Don’t cheap out on jacks or switches, but again, just get decent but not fancy. Think equivalent of bones reds, not Swiss or generic.

This is good info. Just by searching for diagrams, I found this place that is pretty legit and just posts tons of wiring diagrams for free. The parts to build them are what they are selling. Linking my very unambitious first build project diagram just cuz that's what I had bookmarked:
https://guitarelectronics.com/1-humbucker-1-volume/

Seriously though the price on parts is shockingly cheap. Should I just buy the regular Bourns volume pot or buy the EVH branded one? Just read the specs sheet; they're the same part.

[Painted Baby]

OK sorry for the double post but I'm polling. Trying to decide between an Edwards LP Standard with a JB/59 set or a proper LP Studio. Edwards is an ESP brand that makes Les Pauls that are too close to Gibsons to be sold here legally. Their LPs have long neck tenon construction but are about the same weight as a LP Studio. Both types of guitars seem to be in the same used price range, although I found a deal on an Edwards in a shop that specializes in PRS stuff and took it in as a trade. I was looking at a 2016 Faded Studio that just sold, although I'm not sure I'm sold on the Burstbucker Pros and may just try to find a deal on the 2020 models that are glutting the used market. The 498T/490R set seems more comparable to the JB/59, at least output wise. If I got a Faded, I would probably be compelled to replace the bridge pickup with a Super Distortion or a JB but I have always liked the raw look of them.

Maybe just babbling into the void but it's this thread's fault that I'm even thinking about any of this.

[fineslime]

Just throwing this out here - I have a Jackson dinky js32 arch top Floyd Rose, in near mint condition. Professionally set up.

would anyone be interested in a trade? Guitar plays great, but I'm stuck on my drop c# strat... Would be willing to trade for pickups, various guitar parts, another guitar, you name it.

Figured I might as well see if anyone is interested!

[Unkle Fleak]

OK sorry for the double post but I'm polling. Trying to decide between an Edwards LP Standard with a JB/59 set or a proper LP Studio. Edwards is an ESP brand that makes Les Pauls that are too close to Gibsons to be sold here legally. Their LPs have long neck tenon construction but are about the same weight as a LP Studio. Both types of guitars seem to be in the same used price range, although I found a deal on an Edwards in a shop that specializes in PRS stuff and took it in as a trade. I was looking at a 2016 Faded Studio that just sold, although I'm not sure I'm sold on the Burstbucker Pros and may just try to find a deal on the 2020 models that are glutting the used market. The 498T/490R set seems more comparable to the JB/59, at least output wise. If I got a Faded, I would probably be compelled to replace the bridge pickup with a Super Distortion or a JB but I have always liked the raw look of them.

Maybe just babbling into the void but it's this thread's fault that I'm even thinking about any of this.

ESP’s out the Box always sounds great.

I’d probably go with the Epiphone tho. Unless I could know if the esp and the other have long neck tenos.

I’ve found it increases sustain. Like a lot. Also all my guitars that I can pull out the case and have be intune for at least one song in a pinch. They all have the long tenon and vintage tuners. All my grover equipped fiddles go out in the case. I have to tune um up and put them on the side of the stage.

Very few Epiphone pre-2020 have long neck tenons.

. I need and unpotted ceramic pickup in the bridge and at least a pot that has a really wide sweep. Otherwise all my stabs and pick noises won’t come through as well. Same with artificial harmonics. Like especially the 3rd fret.

The epi p90 the pro bucker and the burst had issues with that noise when riffing. It has to cut.
When recording is done I go back and double all those harmonics always.

I don’t care if we gotta bounce shit over it’s happening.

This is why I started. To play this intro.



I heard that shit and it was a wrap. I gotta have that noise always.

Dream guitar

If I could have anything I want I’m going
54 gold top trapeze over wrap. I want 3 pickups with 4 conductor push pushes. Out of phase middle and bridge

Probably mini humbuckers so I can fit a sustainiac

[Painted Baby]

@fineslime If you had a Soloist I would be all over your offer. Unfortunately, if I'm gonna pick up a Jackson, I want a neck through body. Good luck with the wheeling and dealing!

@Unkle Fleak Thanks for breaking it down for me. The Edwards/ESP for sure has a long neck tenon but I think the Studios have short ones, at least the modern affordable ones. I declined the offer on Zenmarket for the super deal Edwards as I'm prety strongly leaning towards a Studio. There are so many out there and the prices are all over the place but I have seen at least 3 for a fair price that I would be thrilled to have. Apparently we are in the midst of a used guitar meltdown and it's a bit of a buyer's market but I'm also not trying to half-way steal anybody's beloved axe because they're in a pinch. Similar situation in Japan with the Yen being weak against USD.

Here is the listing for the Edwards LP with SDs. That was my second choice and the first choice Honey Burst that was newer and more bread has since sold:
https://www.digimart.net/cat01/shop4847/DS09064621/

Here's the video where the long neck tenons on the Edwards are confirmed at about 5 mins in:


I think Importing this stuff has gotten way easier too. You just need to make a Zenmarket account or sign in with an existing Google or Yahoo username. Then it's only a 500 yen shipping fee along with whatever the shop wants to send it to the Zenmarket packing facility. The Honey Burst was an additional 900 yen. It worked out to about $10 extra.

If you've got a minute, can you explain why you prefer unpotted humbuckers? I saw a modded 2021 LPS that had 50s wiring, which I get, but then also had the pickups changed to something that was roughly the same resistance as the 498T/490R but unpotted. My first thought was that it would squeal like a sumbitch. Thanks!

[Mongo Lloyd]

As far as importing stuff, I’ve got a lot of rare Fender Japan offerings through Ikebe-Gakki.

It’s been a few years, but it was super easy.

I’ll have to share my collection here someday.

[Mongo Lloyd]

Really enjoying an e series MIJ squier strat i picked up at a yard sale for $50 or so in 23. Ive had a few strats and its my fave fosho. Got a mid-late 90s HSS MIM thats got a real sweet neck but overall, the feel and tone of 87 MIJ blows it away. Both are stock but the quality of sound in the MIJ makes the MIM sound like toy

I’ve heard so many great things about the MIJ squiers. I had (for a very short time) a black Squier Vista Venus, and the build quality on that guitar was exceptional. Sadly, it was only in my hands for a short period of time when I wasn’t  often playing.

I’d put nearly anything coming out of Japan today against items manufactured here in the US.

Kinda jealous about your strat!

[Mongo Lloyd]

Toronado’s are sick! Those rarer design fenders, many of them have appreciated in value over the years. I was thrilled when Fender went back recently and started doing mash ups and reissuing the oddities in their catalog.

One of the MIJ models I ended up picking up is a “Swinger”, which is basically just an obscure mustang with a pointy headstock.

Funny you mentioned a Jazzmaster + SG hybrid in the Toronado, because another of my MIJ’s is literally a mahogany body Jazzmaster (hard tail design) in translucent red stain (alla-Gibson) and fitted with dual p90’s, sans pickguard. So it’s pretty much an SG in a fender body.

My last MIJ is a charcoal frost metallic telecaster.

I wish I could own every guitar to be honest, but they’re mostly wasted in my possession. 

[Mongo Lloyd]

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Toronado’s are sick! Those rarer design fenders, many of them have appreciated in value over the years. I was thrilled when Fender went back recently and started doing mash ups and reissuing the oddities in their catalog.

One of the MIJ models I ended up picking up is a “Swinger”, which is basically just an obscure mustang with a pointy headstock.

Funny you mentioned a Jazzmaster + SG hybrid in the Toronado, because another of my MIJ’s is literally a mahogany body Jazzmaster (hard tail design) in translucent red stain (alla-Gibson) and fitted with dual p90’s, sans pickguard. So it’s pretty much an SG in a fender body.

My last MIJ is a charcoal frost metallic telecaster.

I wish I could own every guitar to be honest, but they’re mostly wasted in my possession. 

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Yeh. The original 98ish toronados have definitely gone up in value. When i played a lot and in bands, i was broke and if i wanted a different guitar, had to sell what i had to move to the new one. Didnt have anything too crazy but it would be sick to have a mustang, jazzmaster, strat, sg line up in.

And ya, i feel you on the guitars being almost wasted in my hands these days. It ebbs and flows. Right now, ive really been tuned into this strat and a bugera 1x8 tube amp.

That’s the truth!

My main or go to is honestly one of my cheaper guitars. A Tagima Jazzmaster styled guitar. I modify nearly everything I own though, so I put Nordstrand p90’s in it. I definitely got that thing punching above its weight.

Now I won’t buy any more guitars.

Just pedals and an eventual JC-120.

[krookedjuice]

i'm at a crossroads. i'm looking to get a new guitar and i was thinking of getting the Fender player 2 Jazzmaster, it's a solid price and it's a jazzmaster.

however my homie has the squier classic vibe jazzmaster that he put new pickups and a fender neck on as well as some other stuff and he said he'd help me set up or build something.

total for what i'd start with is 30 dollars more than the player series and iit's the finish i really would want.

for me i'm just not looking to spend more than $1000 and both are under but one would essentially be a custom.

[pizzafliptofakie]

i'm at a crossroads. i'm looking to get a new guitar and i was thinking of getting the Fender player 2 Jazzmaster, it's a solid price and it's a jazzmaster.

however my homie has the squier classic vibe jazzmaster that he put new pickups and a fender neck on as well as some other stuff and he said he'd help me set up or build something.

total for what i'd start with is 30 dollars more than the player series and iit's the finish i really would want.

for me i'm just not looking to spend more than $1000 and both are under but one would essentially be a custom.

damn, I came in here to post about the same exact guitar, haha. I have a Telecaster from the first Player Series and it's kinda the perfect guitar. The new Jazzmaster has my attention since they went back to actual Jazzmaster pickups, but I really wanna see one in person before I commit.





as for your situation, if you have the means to customize to your specs reliably, then that could turn out pretty cool. Me personally, I'm a little more barebones about that kinda thing and would prefer to just buy a guitar as is and be done with it. But I have some gearhead friends who've put some work into some Squires and they turned out extremely well. What finish are you thinking?

[krookedjuice]

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i'm at a crossroads. i'm looking to get a new guitar and i was thinking of getting the Fender player 2 Jazzmaster, it's a solid price and it's a jazzmaster.

however my homie has the squier classic vibe jazzmaster that he put new pickups and a fender neck on as well as some other stuff and he said he'd help me set up or build something.

total for what i'd start with is 30 dollars more than the player series and iit's the finish i really would want.

for me i'm just not looking to spend more than $1000 and both are under but one would essentially be a custom.

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damn, I came in here to post about the same exact guitar, haha. I have a Telecaster from the first Player Series and it's kinda the perfect guitar. The new Jazzmaster has my attention since they went back to actual Jazzmaster pickups, but I really wanna see one in person before I commit.





as for your situation, if you have the means to customize to your specs reliably, then that could turn out pretty cool. Me personally, I'm a little more barebones about that kinda thing and would prefer to just buy a guitar as is and be done with it. But I have some gearhead friends who've put some work into some Squires and they turned out extremely well. What finish are you thinking?

haha that's awesome. i have the mustang from the first series and i absolutely love it. the pickups on the jazzmaster from thee first series are the same reason i didn't buy it.

and yeah i'd like to just get it and roll usually but then he showed me the one he modded and said it was his favorite guitar.
this is what i was looking at -

[pizzafliptofakie]

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i'm at a crossroads. i'm looking to get a new guitar and i was thinking of getting the Fender player 2 Jazzmaster, it's a solid price and it's a jazzmaster.

however my homie has the squier classic vibe jazzmaster that he put new pickups and a fender neck on as well as some other stuff and he said he'd help me set up or build something.

total for what i'd start with is 30 dollars more than the player series and iit's the finish i really would want.

for me i'm just not looking to spend more than $1000 and both are under but one would essentially be a custom.

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damn, I came in here to post about the same exact guitar, haha. I have a Telecaster from the first Player Series and it's kinda the perfect guitar. The new Jazzmaster has my attention since they went back to actual Jazzmaster pickups, but I really wanna see one in person before I commit.





as for your situation, if you have the means to customize to your specs reliably, then that could turn out pretty cool. Me personally, I'm a little more barebones about that kinda thing and would prefer to just buy a guitar as is and be done with it. But I have some gearhead friends who've put some work into some Squires and they turned out extremely well. What finish are you thinking?

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haha that's awesome. i have the mustang from the first series and i absolutely love it. the pickups on the jazzmaster from thee first series are the same reason i didn't buy it.

and yeah i'd like to just get it and roll usually but then he showed me the one he modded and said it was his favorite guitar.
this is what i was looking at -

nice. I'm a sucker for white with tortoise shell like that. Arguably the best Jazzmaster color, but right now most of my guitar wall is black and white, so if I do get one it's probably gonna be this:

[Abyss1]

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i'm at a crossroads. i'm looking to get a new guitar and i was thinking of getting the Fender player 2 Jazzmaster, it's a solid price and it's a jazzmaster.

however my homie has the squier classic vibe jazzmaster that he put new pickups and a fender neck on as well as some other stuff and he said he'd help me set up or build something.

total for what i'd start with is 30 dollars more than the player series and iit's the finish i really would want.

for me i'm just not looking to spend more than $1000 and both are under but one would essentially be a custom.

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damn, I came in here to post about the same exact guitar, haha. I have a Telecaster from the first Player Series and it's kinda the perfect guitar. The new Jazzmaster has my attention since they went back to actual Jazzmaster pickups, but I really wanna see one in person before I commit.





as for your situation, if you have the means to customize to your specs reliably, then that could turn out pretty cool. Me personally, I'm a little more barebones about that kinda thing and would prefer to just buy a guitar as is and be done with it. But I have some gearhead friends who've put some work into some Squires and they turned out extremely well. What finish are you thinking?

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haha that's awesome. i have the mustang from the first series and i absolutely love it. the pickups on the jazzmaster from thee first series are the same reason i didn't buy it.

and yeah i'd like to just get it and roll usually but then he showed me the one he modded and said it was his favorite guitar.
this is what i was looking at -

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nice. I'm a sucker for white with tortoise shell like that. Arguably the best Jazzmaster color, but right now most of my guitar wall is black and white, so if I do get one it's probably gonna be this:

I have a fender jagstang in that similar color but is called sonic blue.  Never really tried playing jazz guitar with it...mainly use it for playing the blues

[rukes]

Seymour Duncan Antiquity 2s are some very nice Jazzmaster pickups

[Unkle Fleak]

I got the 2021 59. It has a Dime bucker In it! Yeah, it’s all happening. I’m naming it Dolly. Cause I got it from working 9 to 5.

I’ve never gotten a paycheck while not with some form of dependency. This is a trip

[Unkle Fleak]

The other two are customers/ homie guitars I’m working on this month

[Uh Oh]

@Unkle Fleak , f’n sweet score on the DB’d LP.

If was in the NE instead of the DMV, I’d throw ya some work. I have a Peavey T-60 neck I want to throw on a partscaster. It has some old Duncan humbucker (from a 80s Kramer Slammer, anyone know what they had?) in the bridge, want to buy a Rickenbacker neck pup (hi-gain or humbucker, no toaster) and carve it into the neck position, then put some thin goldfoil in the middle position.

I recently got a Rickenbacker for the first time in 8 or 9 years and I’ll never part again. Partially because this one is the same age as me! A lot of my constituents/critics say they don’t even sound like “real” guitars, but they are the de facto guitar sound I hear in my head. Throw one in drop C, if you have the time/inclination.


Seeing all this Jazzmaster talk reminds me I also have my aunt’s wrecked and half-decapitated 1966 Jazzmaster I’ve been waiting to get to my local luthier when he has some time for a low and slow resto. It’s like the third or fourth one made in ‘66 according to the serial and has special livery. She got it in ‘79 from the collection of a Tucson guitar shop owner according to my late uncle. To all y’all pondering one, don’t hesitate on those newer models they’re terrific (Squiers too!) & goodness gracious that blue color is gorgeous.


Sorry for the long post lol, I’d rather cut it up about guitar shit here on SLAP than anywhere else online. 

[Mongo Lloyd]

That Rick is sick, but fuck me is changing strings on the R tailpiece a pain in the scrotum.

[Uh Oh]

That Rick is sick, but fuck me is changing strings on the R tailpiece a pain in the scrotum.

Amen. My first Rickenbacker was a 2004 360/12. First time changing strings was a nightmare and the tailpiece felt like it was ready to explode. I’d switch to an aftermarket tailpiece if this one was a 12.

[Painted Baby]

@Uh Oh Getting up to speed, is Hamer a Kramer sub-brand? It kinda looks like the foreign made brand they came out with to preserve the name of the main brand but this is all before my time. Reason why I ask is I saw a bunch of Hamer Slammers that were double cut aways but nothing labeled a Kramer Slammer. Closest I saw was an SM-1 that just came up with the search but that was a Super Strat. In any case, most of those double cut aways seem to have come with the ol standbys JB/59. Weirdly, the one old listing I saw for the SM-1 that listed what the pickups were had a stock JB in the bridge and then a DiMarzio in the neck that I didn't recognize the model number for. It may just be that JB/59s went in everything. I think Jackson was like that at one point in the 80s too.

[Uh Oh]

@Uh Oh Getting up to speed, is Hamer a Kramer sub-brand? It kinda looks like the foreign made brand they came out with to preserve the name of the main brand but this is all before my time. Reason why I ask is I saw a bunch of Hamer Slammers that were double cut aways but nothing labeled a Kramer Slammer. Closest I saw was an SM-1 that just came up with the search but that was a Super Strat. In any case, most of those double cut aways seem to have come with the ol standbys JB/59. Weirdly, the one old listing I saw for the SM-1 that listed what the pickups were had a stock JB in the bridge and then a DiMarzio in the neck that I didn't recognize the model number for. It may just be that JB/59s went in everything. I think Jackson was like that at one point in the 80s too.

Lmao whoops, my mind went straight to Kramer... You’re totally right, it is indeed a Hamer. Based on a quick search, no affiliation between the brands besides the rhyme.

Thank you for the info, that “sounds” right. I’m gonna pull it out in the next few days and see if there are any more identifying marks. I just remember it saying Seymour Duncan.