FAT-O-Caster V.3 - Deaf Eddie

Wuzzit do?
Well, for starters, you now can select from 11 different pickup and phasing combinations!
Yes, some of the tones are repeated - but that's what makes this thing so darn easy to use…
So, WHAT are the new tones, and WHERE are they?
I like to count the settings this way: the FAT-O-Caster V.3 switch has “notches” we'll call 1, 2,
3 and 4, numbered as you turn the switch COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. So, if it was a tone control
on “10”, you would be at notch 1. As you turn the control “down,” like from ten to, say, six, you
go through the notches 1 through 4. Remember that even though the bridge pup now goes
completely through the FAT-O-CASTER V.3 switch, the 5-way still controls the tones - here's
what to expect from the 5-way at each FAT-O-CASTER V.3 notch:
Notch 1 (“tone knob” on “10”) is just normal Strat tones.
NOTE: As a reference for the rest of these instructions:
On the 5-way: 1=neck, 2=middle and neck, 3=middle, 4=middle and bridge, 5=bridge
Notch 2 (“tone knob” on “9”) is the "NECK on with BRIDGE" setting –
the neck pup is ALSO routed to the bridge end of the 5-way switch.
The combos are all wired parallel.
As you throw the 5-way in this setting, you get (from 1 to 5):
1 = neck
2 = neck and middle
3 = middle
4 = bridge, middle, and neck
5 = bridge and neck
There now, isn't that what you've always said you wanted your Strat to be able to do?
Notch 3 (“tone knob” on “8”) is the "BRIDGE and NECK series" setting.
In 1,2 and 3 it's normal Strat combos
In 5, you get the bridge and neck in series - it's as Gibson-y a tone as yer Strat ever gets
In 4, you get the bridge and neck in series plus the middle parallel.
Notch 4 (“tone knob” on “7”) is the “BRIDGE and NECK SERIES, out of phase" setting.
In 1,2 and 3 it's normal Strat combos
In 5, you get the bridge and neck in series/out of phase.
In 4, you have the bridge and neck series/out of phase parallel to the middle.
It’s not your typical thin out of phase – this one has some bite because it’s in series.
To me, it strongly recalls Albert King’s tone…
Hey, e-mail me with any questions, comments, or suggestions! EB@deaf-eddie.net