Entry Gear

(売却)FERNANDES FR-85 Quarter Century 25th Annivarsary

owner: Shin

2014.10.25: I bought it because it had been on the market for a long time and the price was reduced considerably.
The sustainer was broken.
The back of the body has cracks, dents and modifications by previous owners, there is also a hole where you can see a switch and ignition LED that is not connected to anything, the strap pin has been changed & one of the pins is missing.
Jan 31, 2015 I had the sustainer replaced with a new one, and the LED was added to the open hole in the front.
The green one glows when the shield is inserted and the blue one glows when the sustainer is used.
2015.8.15; I had the rear PU replaced with a TB-5 from the kit stock.
The bridge and studs were replaced by myself, and the pegs were also replaced with black a few months ago, so the look was almost uniform with black parts.
The base of the nut is chrome only because there were no new black ones available.
Feb. 6, 2016: The frets were replaced with Jescar 57110, the center EMG was installed, the neck joint screws were also black, and the volume pot was installed with a shadow kill pot.
The jack plate was also made black so it is now all black except for the nut base.
2018.12.4: Bridge replaced with Floyd original.
2024.3: I owned it for a long time but sold it because I don't use it nearly as often anymore.

I asked about the sustainer listed before picture 2 and received a reply (quoted below).

Q,The sustainer unit has only two knobs for 104 and no other knobs.
A, We have checked the images and found that this is the base that was officially adopted at that time.
The left side of the screen is AGC (to adjust the sustainer) and the right side is VBC (to adjust the drive current).

Q,Even if the 3-way switch is set to the front position, the center PU is selected and no sound is output from the sustainer PU.
A, This product does not use the sustainer driver as a normal PU, and the lever switch is used to switch between center, center + rear, and rear.