Thanks that is a start. I'm in the UK by the way.
I have some knowledge of electronics, but it was some time ago when I did my appenticeship in engineering, and I can read a schematic quite competently, so wiring/soldering etc isn't a problem.
The guitar itself is essentially solid piece of ash cut into the guitar shape, with sound pockets and wiring channels routed out, covered with an Oak veneer on the front (to cover the sound pockets and routed channels for the wiring), and a clear varnish or whatever on the back. 12 string neck and headstock handmade from maple stock.
I do like the slider pre amps, but they are too big for the body of the guitar, hence why I was thinking of gutting one.
I don't really want to go down the route of using coil pickups cause I want the guitar to look like an acoustic, I dont want pickups on show. Unless someone has an idea on how I could use a hidden single coil/humbucker pickup?
I was hoping to make an under saddle pickup from piezo cable, not really sure if an under bridge piezo disk would work as the veneer is approx 6mm thick.
Regards
dori2o