Hey all, I had a bit of an off the wall idea for a custom guitar, I wanted to run it by a group of people who know a lot more then I do about the topic.
The basic concept of the guitar will be my live setup, when I play live (currently on a ESP LTD MH400NT), I'm in a metal band, so I'm always on the bridge position, tone all the way up, volume all the way up. That is until I inevitably brush the tone or volume knob (or god forbid the pickup selector) and my hard earned tone and gain is squandered until I realize and fix it.
The idea for the guitar is to always have me locked into what I want, that means 1 emg pickup in the bridge position, no pickup selector (obviously), no tone knob (tone should always be all the way up), and instead of a volume knob I'd like an on/off switch. I of course will take it to my local artist to have some intricate line work done on it before its finished, just so it can be that much more special, lol.
Thoughts? Is this a really bad idea? I realize that once the guitar is done, I do not have an option to customize the tone except on the amp. Has the on/off switch been done before? Is it noisy?
Does anyone have any suggestions about how this would be best accomplished? I was thinking of getting the body and neck from warmoth, having them route it to spec, and then do the rest of the wiring myself, is that a bad idea too?
Any feedback would be great,
Thanks!
-Brian