240009 – Black Partscaster, 3 Pickups

A very clean Flutney Partscaster guitar in shiny black. Flutney B Bender installed.

This is a hybrid guitar. It has three pickups that sound great together:

1- Tele style neck pickup, single coil
2- Strat style Alnico 5 middle pickup, single coil
3- Tele style single coil bridge pickup

The pickups are all strong output and are wired with a 5 position switch in the normal Nashville setup. Also included is the “Gilmour Mod”. This is a mini switch, popularised by David Gilmour, that turns the neck pickup on and off. It’s also called a “Gilmour 7-way” wiring setup. It allows you to use the Neck & Bridge pickups together, and to use ALL THREE pickups together, something you can’t do on normal 3-pickup Tele or Strat setups. It’s a very handy option.

The 5-position switch works as it would on a normal Strat, or on a 3-pickup Tele:

1st position………Tele style Bridge pickup [with Gilmour Switch: Bridge + Neck pickup]
2nd position….…Bridge + Middle pickups [with Gilmour Switch: All three pickups]
3rd position………Middle pickup
4th position………Bridge + Neck pickups
5th position……..Neck pickup

Normal Tele style single volume and tone control everything. You can get all sorts of different tones from this guitar. The setup is easy to figure out and use.

The guitar is shiny black with some small scratches from use, but otherwise in excellent shape. Another Flutney prototype guitar. Maple neck, not sure of the body, but it’s reasonably lightweight. Tuners are new sealed Fender type. Bridge is standard ashtray with steel barrels.

The Flutney B Bender works well and is easy to tune. This is another guitar that can cover a lot of ground.

Thanks for looking, and I’ll try to answer any questions you have.
Shipping is from Dunedin.