what to do with this one?

[appar111]

Well, the finish is done, just having second thoughts and other ideas for neck choice, pickguard color and pickup configuration.

I was originally thinking of doing a Rory Gallagher type look-- white guard, strat neck pickup, rosewood fretboard strat neck, etc. But I don't think a strat neck will look right on this one-- at least not a rosewood fretboard one.

Now I'm thinking maple fretboard strat neck, black pickguard, cream strat neck pickup. Or possibly a black pickguard, zebra neck humbucker, black strat pickup in the middle and a 5-way switch.

Thought I'd rattle the cage here for some other possible ideas as to how to proceed.

Here she is:





whatcha think? Any other cool looking combinations of neck, pickguard and pickups? Looking for something sort of beat up, yet rock & roll.

[Reverend D]

Lots of combinations say Rock and Roll.. A P90 or a pair of them and tele bridge, A Mini humbucker and strat middle pickup, a pair of humbuckers. I mean its pretty endless, but for me a raw P90 is pretty darn Rock and Roll, dimed it just is as nasty as you'd wanna be. But thats an opinion. Good luck no matter how you end up going.

Regards,

D.

[giginthesky]

what a great place to hide a klondike bar!

[Bikersluggo]

I say stay with your original vision. Your first inclination is usually the best.

[Birdmankustomz]

Pair of covered buckers? Do a Red Dog Special?

[appar111]

Originally Posted by Reverend D

Lots of combinations say Rock and Roll.. A P90 or a pair of them and tele bridge, A Mini humbucker and strat middle pickup, a pair of humbuckers. I mean its pretty endless, but for me a raw P90 is pretty darn Rock and Roll, dimed it just is as nasty as you'd wanna be. But thats an opinion. Good luck no matter how you end up going.

Regards,

D.

P90 neck, you mean? It's set up for a standard tele bridge, so I'll have to stick to something that fits in a tele bridge for that position. Probably another Broadcaster, maybe a Rio Grande Dirty Harry, an Antiquity or a Duncan Hot Tele Lead.

[appar111]

Originally Posted by Birdmankustomz

Pair of covered buckers? Do a Red Dog Special?

You mean a pair in the middle & neck, right? Or just a loud tele-size bucker in the bridge? I have a Dimarzio Super Distortion for Tele in my esquire and it's a mutha!

[Birdmankustomz]

Originally Posted by appar111

You mean a pair in the middle & neck, right? Or just a loud tele-size bucker in the bridge? I have a Dimarzio Super Distortion for Tele in my esquire and it's a mutha!

Yeah, like this:

EDIT: It didn't work, heres the link: http://media.photobucket.com/image/r...rX/scan002.png

[appar111]

That could work---

I still like the idea of great sounding strat single coil in the neck for those instant glassy clean sounds and aggressive bite with gain. I'm definitely going to go with a maple fretboard tho. Still unsure as to whether it'll be a strat or a tele neck.

Maybe I could do a stealth P90 in the middle position under the pickguard? Not sure if the nashville routing is wide enough to accomodate a standard P90, or if I'd need to do a 'bucker-sized P90. Would GFS's higher output, humbucker size P90's work in that middle position? I figure it'll have to be a higher output one if it's gonna be under the guard.

[appar111]

Originally Posted by giginthesky

what a great place to hide a klondike bar!

Hey, it is, innit? The big question-- vanilla klondike, chocolate, or P90 klondike?

[middy]

I'd go: rosewood strat neck, mint or parchment 3-ply pg, aged white or cream strat neck pu.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by appar111

That could work---

I still like the idea of great sounding strat single coil in the neck for those instant glassy clean sounds and aggressive bite with gain. I'm definitely going to go with a maple fretboard tho. Still unsure as to whether it'll be a strat or a tele neck.

Maybe I could do a stealth P90 in the middle position under the pickguard? Not sure if the nashville routing is wide enough to accomodate a standard P90, or if I'd need to do a 'bucker-sized P90. Would GFS's higher output, humbucker size P90's work in that middle position? I figure it'll have to be a higher output one if it's gonna be under the guard.

The GFS humbucker will fit the rout, neck or middle.Not sure about the under the "under the guard" thing though.They have them in black & white, to match a black or white pickguard

[appar111]

Originally Posted by middy

I'd go: rosewood strat neck, mint or parchment 3-ply pg, aged white or cream strat neck pu.

that's exactly what the original plan was-- essentially, a tele that has the same color scheme and neck pickup as Rory Gallagher's strat. The only thing I'm rethinking is the rosewood fretboard strat neck instead of a tele neck.

I like the look of a maple fretboard strat neck, but the rosewood board strat neck (on some mock ups I was doing on USACG's tele maker) didn't look quite right to me.

So, either a rosewood fretboard tele neck, or a maple board strat neck. If it's the latter, then I'll move to a black pickguard instead of a parchment one...

Here's the Rory idea, but with a tele neck instead of a strat neck:



kinda lookin' like this one, huh?



still allows me some latitude with pickup selection, etc. All sorts of tele & strat pickups I can use.

Trying to decide on a compound 10-16" radius (I like this ALOT on my mongrel tele), 9.5" or vintage 7.25". I'll most likely be using a gotoh modern tele bridge, so the setup on those saddles might look a little "humped" if I go with a vintage radius neck.