Cory Wong’s signature has this described below. What is the point of the feature.
I do not play much electric, so maybe I’m missing something obvious staring me in the face, but this doesn’t seem to have a real helpful purpose.
from Wiki:
“Wong had a signature Stratocaster produced in 2021. The model takes inspiration from both his Highway One Stratocaster and his American Ultra Stratocaster, and also features a 'fourth position panic button' which uses one of the tone controls to put the guitar in fourth position and disables the selector switch.”
I bit of internet research shows that, as best I can tell, it’s for if you accidentally knock the selector to a different position while playing:
“Yes! Okay, so, if you’re familiar with my playing you’ll know that 85 per cent of what I do happens on the middle/neck position. Also my right hand sweep is pretty wide – that’s part of my sound – and I have traditionally used a brick wall of gaffa tape to keep the selector switch in place!
“I wanted to offer players something unique and completely functional with this guitar – so the second tone control has a push/push switch which puts you on the middle/neck position no matter where the pickup selector is at the time.
I’ve had the idea for this panic button for the longest time but I hadn’t been able to get it together – Fender solved that problem! That’s the only cute thing with the wiring, there are no coil taps or anything like that. You know, if I’m putting my signature on the back of the headstock then why not do something that’s really fun and very me!”
@cmgst34 Yeah get too many pickups and pickup switch positions and if you're getting lost in the music playing an organic solo from your soul, you could forget what is on and what isn't. So you hit the panic button and go to the usual place.
This is the best sounding Strat I ever heard. One of the best sounding guitars of any make or model I've heard.
Jimmy Herring had the Fender Custom Shop build it for him. It has JUST TWO PICKUPS!!!
