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Question about Frank Zappa's Performance strat

Does anybody know what pickups did Frank Zappa use in his Performance butterschotch strat

Thanks in advance

I think he used DiMarzio Pickups.

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im pretty sure: Neck - DiMarzio hs-2 or hs-3 Middle - Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Bridge - Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Your welcome :)

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Didn't Yngwie Malmsteen use HS-3s?

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think so, but one of them was the neck pickup

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I think Yngwie disconnected the middle pickup aswell.

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the guys kind of a wanker, no?

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I don't know, alot of artists disconnected the middle pickup.

And yeah, he got a little uncreative and monotonous later, but we're talking about Frank not Yngwie here.

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yep pretty sure frank would have used the middle pickup, and hes a legend.

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