Are you like most guys who wait untill the last minute? I hate shopping so I just keep on putting it off, This year I did do some shopping on line, that helped a bit but I still have a lot to do!
Yesterdays responses showed more tele style guys then Strat so today I'll continue on the TELE theme with todays TID BIT from the past, from 2004 it's Gabe's 4 way switch mod.
: I've read here, but now can't find the thread, about a four-way switch mod for the ASAT. I assume it's Neck-Serial-Parallel-Bridge, but have no clue.
What you get is one additional connection (when using a 4-way switch)...which is the neck + the bridge pickup in series in phase (as opposed to the typical parallel in-phase connection) you get between two pickups. At this point I've lost track of all the times I've done this for myself and others...great, great, great mod.
What does the serial connection get you?...well, in simple terms it gets you the sum of the outputs of both pickups at the expense of a narrower and lower frequency response. To you ears you hear a bunch more volume, a bunch more midrange and a bit less treble content. Your amp will provide a dirtier tone for sure compared to the other three settings. It is almost like a sound from a completely different guitar...and I love it. No need to stomp on a pedal...this setting gives you a searing hot lead tone in spades...
Now, check this out...back off your tone control and it is jazzer city...very surprisingly great sounding for sure...great stuff!!!
Below is a link to a wiring diagram (not a schematic) I sketched up last year for my fellow GBL'er's. It is very basic to follow...anybody can handle this mod with great ease.
Any Canadians lurking out there?
Sports report from the frozen tundra,
Buffalo is a big time Hockey town! hell, I could skate across the Niagara river and be in Canada in no time, We held the first outdoor NHL Hockey game at Ralf Wilson Stadiam (home of the four time losing super bowl Buffalo Bills), This week players are arriving from around the world to compete in the world junior championships and next week we host the Labbat's outdoor pond hockey tounament with rinks set up on good ol frozen lake Erie. When you live in a city known for it's cold and snow you gotta make the best of it, these events bring full hotel rooms and a bustling trade for the downtown bars and resturants during a normally slow holiday season.
What's the biggest sport in your town?
And to fill G Dubs request:
Snow! hell we ain't scared of no snow...............
I am another big believer in this mod. Have done it to two ASAT's and another will be done soon. The most tone for the dough anywhere. Paid approx $17 for the switch. 
