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Somerset wrote:...As the Burns was made to Hank’s specification I assume he made use of the ability to switch the neck pickup in with the bridge pickup or bridge and middle.
JimN wrote:Somerset wrote:...As the Burns was made to Hank’s specification I assume he made use of the ability to switch the neck pickup in with the bridge pickup or bridge and middle.
In fact, original sixties Burns and Baldwin Marvins (and Bisons 1964 onward) didn't have that feature. The selector switch gave the same five options as a Stratocaster switch - that is:
1 neck
2 neck and middle (tricky, but feasible)
3 middle
4 middle and bridge (tricky, but feasible)
5 bridge.
Neither of the tone pots (which worked on the neck and middle pickups, just like a Strat) was equipped with a push/pull switch.
If by chance, someone were to come across an original which did have that feature, it would be a one-off retro-fit modification, for sure.
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