I've been interested in the FT2 for a while, but the comments about it being really heavy have kept me away. Looking forward to your thoughts on it.
in parallel FT2 is not hot at all. Combines well with any common SC in the middle. I got Chopper/FT1/FT2 in my strat with the following switches :
- push/pull series/parallel for bridge
- push/pull series/parallel for neck
- addition "add bridge" 2-way toggle
- mod for bridge tone control (without affecting the rest of positions)
works pretty good, but all those components tend to go out of order sooner than your classic simple strat. If I did a new strat again, it would be all white, maple fretboard, 22 frets, bevelled heal, SC/SC/SC, maybe with the bridge tone mod and the "add bridge" mod, for those tele tones.