I'm gonna guess he didn't like the proximity of the volume pot to his picking hand, and doesn't really use the tone pot so.. good move. I'm about to do just that to my LTD M7, same issue but I've gotten used to it.
Also I took my "strat" and took of the single coil loaded pickguard and put on a pickguard that only has one volume knob and only a bridge humbucker and it sounds a lot better than before!
@@BaenaCarcosa it looks thinner than mine I got a Jackson JS SERIES DINKY ARCH 7 that looks about a half inch thicker But the strings still need spaced more for my massive hands From my wrist to the end of my middle finger is 10 inches and my fingers are about a inch thick each