BM-75 Trans Red Deluxe Series : Not a Red Special, unless...

Quite smaller than an actual Red Special faithful replica, fits better for those who are not as tall and long-handed as Brian May (faithful replicas have a very thick neck). Besides that, the wiring system is different from the original, which allows for series pickups configuration (i.e. humbuckerish sound). Harley Benton's model has the typical configuration of a stratocaster, plus the in-phase/out-of-phase selectors. Now comes the tip: if you have the pick-up selector changed with a Freeway switch (strat model: 5B5-01), you get series combinations as well, and you get to keep the strat combinations too (parallel)! With the in-phase/out-of-phase switches, that makes a total of 19 different pick-up combinations. Not bad! I'm enjoying mine quite a lot.

I had the nut replaced as well, with a bone nut; the original is just plastic. I also installed locking tuners, but using the tremolo bar still makes the guitar immediately out of tune. I might have to replace the saddles as well, maybe with some graphtechs. We'll see about that.