Hey everyone, i'm new to the forum. Actually i've been reading for a while but just now registered.
anyway, i'm hoping to get some help on my next project. This whole thing started with the desire to make my own strat. I was almost done planning everything out when the idea struck me to go acoustic. I am an acoustic player and I've always wanted one of those thinline acoustics that is built for playing on stage such as the Chet Atkins sst, Tom Anderson Crowdster, and the Taylor t-5.
well my plan is to use one of warmoth's hollow strat bodies. I'm going to order the neck with a 1 3/4 nut width so it can have enough room for acoustic strings. I want to install an acoustic bridge and acoustic pickup system. but i'm coming across a few problems...
I don't have the tools for the drilling and routing and was hoping that warmoth could do it all for me. but i will need 4 holes for the controls (volume, treble, mid, bass) as opposed to the 3 that they can do. I'm going to have them finish it for me and i'm scared that if i try to drill an extra hole post-finish that it will damage it a bit. also, since i don't have the "proper tools" would a power drill suffice?
here is a concern brought up by tom anderson himself:
here is the pickup system i'm going to use
http://www.lrbaggs.com/html/products/systems_element.shtml
but i'm unsure of how to do the onboard eq. I've never dealt with this kind of thing with acoustics. I want the mid, treble and bass to use the knobs that are normally used for volume and tone on a strat but would something like this work for an acoustic?
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...ch_Preamps.html
oh and finally, my inspiration...
http://www.andersonguitars.com/cfPages/sho...0&bodyWoodID=33
any comments or concerns would be GREATLY appreciated
