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Variax 500 Transplant into Fender SRV Relic'd Strat

Variax 500 Organ Donor Prepped for Electronic Brian Extraction for Transplant into a New Host
Closeup of Digital Modeling Circuit Board Removed from Donor Variax 500
SRV Relic'd Transplantee Substitutes Gold-painted Graphtech GHOST PN-8000-00 Saddles for Stronger Signal and Reduced String Breakage as Compared to Donor Variax 500's LR Baggs Saddle Pickups; Host to Maintain Full Whammy Bar Capability
Fender SRV Relic'd Strat Prepped by "Dr. Tracy Longo" Prior to the Variax Brain Transplant Surgery
SRV Relic'd Strat Routed with Rear Cavity to Accept All Variax 500 Vital Organs Except the Unnecessary Battery Power Compartment; Suitable Wood Selected for the new Skin Graft that Will Enclose the Transplanted Electronic Brain
The Room Has Been Sterilized and the Operating Table Prepped for Variax 500 Electronics Transplant Into Routed SRV Host Body
Delicate Microsurgery as the Variax 500 Circuit Board Neurons are Connected to the Graphtech GHOST Pickup Saddles; Will the Patient Wake Up from Brain Surgery with Increased Functioning or Remain with Passive Texas Special Limited Tonality?
Host SRV Relic'd Strat Recovering in the ICU From Successful Transplant of Donor Variax 500 Brain With New Relic'd "Skin Graft" Ready to be Stitched Shut by Dr. Longo
Fender SRV Strat with Relic'd Skin Graft Covering the Successfully Transplanted Variax 500 Brain; Now Just Need a Little Cosmetic Surgery to Restore Full SRV Signature Tattoo
Infinite Tonal Capability & only One New Knob! Volume Controls Variax; Middle Push/Pull "Tone" Switches Variax to Passive Texas Specials & Controls Passive Volume; 2nd Tone control Is Variax Tone; 5 Way PU Selector Used for Both Variax and Texas Specials.
It's Alive and Ready to Frighten Club Audiences! A Truly "Custom" Fender Strat with Full Texas Special Functionality and implanted Variax 500 Brain by Tracy Longo, the Dr. Frankenstein of Guitar Repair.