Guildadelphia
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The placement of the bridge pu goes back to Mike Lewis who was responsible for the Newark St line when FMIC had Guild. The purpose was to get a "fatter" less "spiky" tone from the bridge pu when it was being used by itself. Lewis spec'd the Electromatic Gretsch 5120's he was involved with previously the same way for the same reason. If it was up to me, I would prefer the vintage pu spacing as I am also a both pu on guy most of the time. That being said, I do like the fatter tone of the bridge Franz when used by itself. Either way, I don't think it's a deal breaker for most people and as Walter describes it, an easy mod that is reversible.