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The original swoopy body with not one , not two , but three pickups! Here are three inexpensive mutations with unique features. From the upper left: Hohner Strat copy. This one cost $98 used even though it has first-rate tuning machines and a decent set of pickups that faithfully deliver the Stratocaster sound. Given the headstock similarities I'm guessing Samick made this one. I blocked the trem with a chunk of hardwood and the tone improved considerably. Samick Strat copy with EMG model S active pickups. The EMGs really add something special, a nice dose of drive/extra gain without losing the single coil sound. Whoever modified this one before I bought it went for the tuxedo look with white accessories on a black body and pickguard. Hohner Revelation RTS. This Czech-made English-designed model took off from the Strat idea and went somewhere special with it. Downsized and slimed body with a radical upper horn, Wilkenson trem, roller nut and three gold-label Lace Sensors replacing the original pickups. There's a passive boot/cut tone control on it too. Very nice thin neck. This guitar sold for about $800 new, when it sold, and it's probable that it was never introduced in the US, though it was sold in the UK, Europe and in Latin America. Apparently the Vaclav Havel signature model deal fell through, greatly reducing the market potential for this model. A close up of the Revelation. Shown here is the eye-catching bowling ball marble finish and the unique (single/single) single pickup arrangement. Dig the neat neck-end detail! The tuxedo trim of the Samick. The EMG pickups like the Lace Sensors have silent--no single coil hum even if you're sitting at a computer monitor!
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