 However, according to an interview published in September 2009, Mars' main stage guitars for that tour were Fender Stratocasters with an "HSH" (humbucker, single coil, humbucker) configuration.He frequently used a Stratocaster modified from components of 1963, 1964, and 1965 models with J.M.Rolph pickups and a licensed Floyd Rose bridge system turning it in to a Superstrat.