There may be a small shot that I can find an original set before I'm ready for them. I am at like month 3 on my first build and at this rate I will be done by 2020 . But yeah there isnt a whole lot of info out there. I am a fan of the lipstick pickup so I'm not too worried. One thing I am also considering, I cant remember if its GFS or Dragonfire or who it is, has Lipstick Humbuckers. Although, it may be that Kent Armstrong or Lollar or the like would be willing to build me the same if I contact them. I don't like to think I am a snob when it comes to gear and things, however, for every love story of the GFS's and Dragonfire's, there seems to be a contradicting horror story as well.
Onto the update:
Well, I got to the lumberyard today and dug through the red cedar pile. I am more lost now then when I started . I got a couple cedar shorts and a figured cherry short for a contrasting middle. I think it will be SWEET when its finished. I am kind of thinking about doing a angled middle with the cherry sort of like an old Takamine I use to have. The great thing about using the shorts is that I only spent $2.85 on cedar and cherry that will work . Of course though I have to finish them but i can only imagine what a finished piece of Cherry goes for...
What I am not sure about is, the Thin Twin is like 2 3/4" thick and pretty much everything I can find is 1" besides some 2" maple. So, I will need to sandwich 3 layers together which is not an issue but i have no idea what to use for the middle layer. I dont want to use Cedar because I want something that is harder, I think it will be easier on me when it comes time to make the hollows. I am not opposed to using Cherry shorts for the middle since they are cheap but it feels like sacrilege since its gorgeous stuff and it will either be routed away or hidden under the top. So I am kind of leaning toward boring old maple. Plus I can find a 14"+ wide board very easily and it would give me a single solid piece to build around. I dunno, I would love to hear what some of you experienced builders would do.
As for the top I am going to go with solid red cedar. It may take some time to find the wood though. I never realized how much the grain varies between swirls and straight lines. I am also not sure if I want to use clean sections of board or use the knarley knotted up stuff and make it into more of a barn build looking thing.
TOO MANY DECISIONS!!!!
This is going to be a real fun build for sure!