renablistic Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 "Electrics Guitar"- I like guitars with a lot of knobs, and switches. So the basic idea on this one is 4 PUPS: 1 P-90, 1 Humbucker, 1 single coil, and 1 Under-bridge transducer. Each PU works independantly, their signals only coming together right before the output. Each go through the following stages: Phase switcher -> Tone pot -> Volume pot -> On-board OD (black ice [see stewmac]) -> on-off switch -> output. Thats 20 switches!!! Also, I want a CLEAR pickguard so you can see the mass amounts of wire!! It wouldn't be much of a stage instrument, obviously. But it would make a great convorsation piece, and a GREAT studio guitar. It would be awesome if someone could make up a wiring diagram for this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 you can put 3 humbuckers and maybe a single coil & peizio if you use a small bridge.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 i haven't heard many good things about that black ice od.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Build a Baritone Scale guitar, you'll have a little extra room for pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemical_ali Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 what's a baritone scale guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Baritone scale guitars (28-5/8" is a normal length) are made for lower tunings and fatter strings. Most of the time tuned to standard B I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 The guitar Steve Morse played in the '80s comes to mind. How many PUs did that guitar have? At least 4 if not 5 including the synth PU. -Sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 The guitar Steve Morse played in the '80s comes to mind. How many PUs did that guitar have? At least 4 if not 5 including the synth PU. -Sven Steve Morse MM's have two HBs and two SCs, modeled after his original super modded Tele. Nigel Tufnel had a custom 4 humbucker Music Man in the video for "Majesty of Rock" (that pops up every now and then in various "weird guitar" photos) so it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 The point of the guitar is more about the millons of switches, with a clear pickguard, not the amount of pups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 i've also seen a guitar with.... umm.. alot of frets... and the neck pickup actually had to be installed under the fingerboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 we had this joke on g.com about this, put a single coil at the 12th fret to get a jangly sound, and one on the headstock to get those funky sounds you get when messing with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 lol man if you want a wireing schematic diagram then email me and ill try and cook something up for you. youd have to gimme exact specs eg how you want things switching and everything but i could definatelly give it a go Fox_Mulder112@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 yeah - stick a roland pickup in it as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 that sounds a bit different than my old favorite guitar form the 80's. my kramer baretta. 1 p/u, i knob.......lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 lol man if you want a wireing schematic diagram then email me and ill try and cook something up for you. youd have to gimme exact specs eg how you want things switching and everything but i could definatelly give it a go Fox_Mulder112@hotmail.com Oh, make it stereo too! Have the ability to pan each pickup left and right in the stereo field. That's one more knob per pickup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Phase switcher -> Tone pot -> Volume pot -> On-board OD (black ice [see stewmac]) -> on-off switch -> output. Thats 20 switches!!! Also, I want a CLEAR pickguard so you can see the mass amounts of wire!! You forgot coil splitters for the humbucker, and series/parallel switches. You could always use tapped pickups too, that would provide more switching options. To top things off, you could add a tone choke, and a vari-tone rotary switch. -sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 all of project guitar and it's members should go into designing this one. we'll give whoever thought it up the credit, but this is a good thing. this would be, well...fun. lots and lots of buttons and switches. yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 lol man if you want a wireing schematic diagram then email me and ill try and cook something up for you. youd have to gimme exact specs eg how you want things switching and everything but i could definatelly give it a go Fox_Mulder112@hotmail.com i will, when I have finally decided i want to actually build it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted November 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 allright! my idea for knobbies rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 all of project guitar and it's members should go into designing this one. every square inch of the body should be covered in toggle switches. -Sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 make the strap pins switches, too. Then when you shake it, the sound chages, or does the Ace Frehley killswitch thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 that stereo idea is class!!! i think i might do it to my kit lp!! those sure alot of wiring ideas! go for it if there is room on your guitar, but id settle for a hotrail, the P90, the single coil and the transducer, there would be more room! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 also to leave you more room for switches, consider push/pull pots, they have built in DPDT switches, handy for coil taps, phase reversing. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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