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Collectors recognise that 80s Japanese Strat copies can be superior to their US counterparts, but Billie Joe Armstrong’s Fernandes is arguably the most famous in its own right. Like EVH’s Frankenstrat, the neck and middle pickups are disconnected and the single bridge humbucker is angled; Billie Joe’s tech believes this is crucial to the sound. For most of its life it’s rocked a Seymour Duncan JB, but in the 90s Billie Joe tried a Dimebag-style Bill Lawrence pickup.