I remember hearing years ago about pros having the passive electronics completely bypassed. Definitely not for those who use volume swells.
For me, I honestly have trouble deciding what the volume and tone controls on a guitar are for. With a Bass, they are everything, but for a guitar, they confuse me.
I had a one pickup guitar built for me - I just could not get on with it and had a neck pickup installed on it.
So for me , this guitar is really not practical.
Good catch... Truly stripped down. The reflection of the corner through me off, didn't even pay attention to the screws as I thought they were posts. I wanna play it