For contemporary metal tones, Jim Root’s signature axe features a duo of active EMG 81 and 60 pups. Three pickups. Three knobs. You’d think the Strat’s tone controls would be simple ...

Highlights include black-finished, gold hardware-adorned, and EMG JH pickup-loaded MSV-1 flying ... this time with a Strat-gone-stealth-mode aesthetic, capped with a sandblasted black finish ...