Mercurio Telecaster-style 2003-05 - Sunburst

Mercurio Telecaster style guitar with 3 modular pickups. Manufactured in Minnesota, USA in 2003-05 era. Excellent build quality. Mercurio guitars featured an interchangeable pickup system: each pickup is housed in a "module" that features volume leveling, impedance matching, and supports both active and passive pickups. Pickup Interchange allows pickups to be changed in seconds. Works with any standard pickup: Humbuckers, single coils, P90s, etc. from any manufacturer. Active pickups can be used simultaneously with passive pickups. Other features include: Volume leveling: Pickup modules have their own preset output level settings to enable good balance when combining high and low output pickups. Impedance matching: Each pickup module has its own tone/impedance settings that provide for the correct "loading" impedance, from 1Meg Ohm; down to 18.5K Ohm. Humbuckers can be set for 500K Ohm impedance, and single coils to 250K Ohm, for example. Flexible Switching. With the push-pull tone knob down, switching works like a conventional 5-way switch. With the tone knob up, the 5-way switch is governed by an array of DIP switches on the back of the guitar, allowing complete control of pickup selection, phase reversal, series/parallel mode and coil tapping/splitting. Its just a well-made, great sounding guitar. Unfortunately, Mercurio is no longer in business. Ships in a non-original SKB hard case, shown in the photos. $50.00 shipping cost is for UPS standard shipping; if you prefer a different method, we can adjust the shipping charge.