Those look dead good!
Can someone explain to a dunce (me) what the difference between in phase/out of phase/series pickups are and how it works?
Out-of-phase with pickups, are where certain frequencies cancel each other out, and what's left will lead to a thinner sound, that people like.
The in-between positions on a strat (i.e. Bridge & middle or neck & middle) are cited as an example of this. Another famous "out of phase" sound, is the middle setting on Peter Green's 1959 Les Paul (currently owned by Metallica's Kirk Hammett). A repair gone a bit wrong, resulting in a happy accident.
With series & parallel, I own a Fender Baja Tele, and there's switching on this that does the series/parallel thing as well as phasing.
On a Baja, both pickups, in Parallel, is the classic middle position tele tone everyone knows. Pickups in series, results in a output of combined impedance/output of the two pickups, resulting in a thicker, darker tone, almost humbucker-like. To me it sounds like a beefier version of the parallel version.
Brian May has this kind of stuff on his Red Special, as well.