James Tyler USA Studio Elite HD-X HSS 5A Birdseye Maple Neck with Indian Rosewood Fingerboard White Shmear 7.95 lbs

About This Guitar,

The Studio Elite HD‑X is not a brand-new model—it’s the same SE‑HD that players already know. But recently, the James Tyler team noticed that many customers ordering SE‑HDs were adding two popular options: the Add Neck & Bridge Button, which turns on the neck and bridge pickups at the same time, and the Series/Parallel Button for Bridge Humbucker, which switches the bridge humbucker between series and parallel mode. These two simple additions give players more tonal variety and finer control over sound details. Since they were being added so often, the team decided to make them standard and give this version a new name: Studio Elite HD‑X. That’s it—same SE‑HD, just with two smart buttons built in.

JTS 5500 – Neck/Middle Singlecoil

Alnico 5 Single Coil

Neck: Characterized by the familiar sound of the Alnico 5 magnets with more attack, more chime and more power. Full, balanced and responsive with good low end and upper mid sparkle. Wound for SSH application using a 500k volume pot. Nice vibrant 3D qualities.

Middle: Has the same characteristics of the neck but is reverse wound and has reverse polarity for hum cancelling in switch positions 2 and 4. Nice vibrant 3D qualities.

Neck: alnico 5 magnets, counter clockwise winding direction on neck and bridge pickups, clockwise winding direction on middle pickups, north pole top on middle pickups, south pole top on neck and bridge. dc specs 6.90 +/-.

Super – Bridge Humbucker

High Output Humbucker

Modern straight-up rock pickup. Strong low end, less mid-range push than the Shark or the California Special, but more top end with a nice presence. Great for high gain. Cleans up nicely.