Victek
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Black guitars are classy real classy... like Victek said, those pickups are the SE HFS and VB, also standard on the newer SE Customs. The main difference would be the top is bevelled now, instead of a flat top like yours (and mine too!). The 3-way toggle is now dropped, and a 3-way blade switch is used. They also added the push-pull coil-split for the tone pot. Oh, and the moon inlays are replaced with the old-style birds, which happened when they pulled the standard SE Custom 24 from the catalogue and introduced the 25th Anniversary Edition, with the quilted tops. The birds stayed on the fretboard too when they did the 2012 update on the SE Custom. Apart from that, they're pretty much the same, I guess... maybe nicer flame veneers are used or it could be my eyes are playing tricks on me haha
Yeah, they've shuffled some of the features around. I like the curved top on my 2012 SE CU24, but would choose the toggle over the blade for the pickups if that was an option. My blade switch came with a black tip and I swapped the gold tone and volume "speed knobs" for black lampshades. I'm thinking of swapping the creme pickup covers for black ones to complete the black theme.
By the way, does HFS really stand for "Hot, Fat and Screaming"? LOL