Yeah i've got a paf in the bridge but in the gold one he changed them from the hot to some hotrails. I've seen a picture from fender when they were ready to release the new strat and eventhe gold one had the noiseless vintage pups in but i guess richie decided on something different. i wish the gold strat was released, i would pya big bucks for one of those babies. I'm always on the lookout for a cherry sunburst version with the floyd rose as well so if anyone is daft enough to want to part with it drop me a line. btw jim i've contacted warmoth to see if they can do a neck with small stars all the way down so fingers crossed they can.