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Rebuilding A Guitar From The Ground Up - HELP!

lukin321lukin321 Posts: 864
edited July 2010 in Musicians and Gearheads
Ok so I got this itch to completely strip my Lotus Strat copy down to nothing but the body and customize a whole new setup. But now I'm kind of lost and need some advice.

What would be the best pickup configuration? Humbuckers, single coils, some combo of the two. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
9/1/98, 8/9/00, 8/12/00, 4/11/03, 4/12/03, 4/13/03, 4/19/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04, 10/3/04, 10/8/04, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/30/2013, 4/8/2016, 4/9/2016, 4/11/2016, 4/13/2016
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  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    The first answer to every question like that is always: What sound are you after?
    My question would be: Does the guitar sound any good the way it is now? Because a crappy sounding guitar will almost never sounding really good after modding it if the foundation isn't there. Or are you doing it just for the fun of it and have the money lying around?
  • lukin321lukin321 Posts: 864
    ScrapeMySky wrote:
    The first answer to every question like that is always: What sound are you after?
    My question would be: Does the guitar sound any good the way it is now? Because a crappy sounding guitar will almost never sounding really good after modding it if the foundation isn't there. Or are you doing it just for the fun of it and have the money lying around?

    Well, I play a lot of PJ and similar types of music so anything that would accommodate that type of sound would be great.
    Yep, the guitar sounds good, no problems at all. It's been in storage for a while and I wanted to get into a little project and mod the hell out of it. I definitely don't mind throwing money down to get good quality parts but obviously don't want to spend a fortune.
    9/1/98, 8/9/00, 8/12/00, 4/11/03, 4/12/03, 4/13/03, 4/19/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04, 10/3/04, 10/8/04, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/30/2013, 4/8/2016, 4/9/2016, 4/11/2016, 4/13/2016
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    Well, if you want it to be very versatile, you can install a split-humbucker at the bridge. Doesn't sound quite as good as a single coil when splitted, but gives you more variation if this is going to be your only guitar. Otherwise, I'm a fan of good vintage single coils (there the market is almost too stuffed with great examples to be specific here). They cover a lot of styles but run into problems when you add a lot of gain, whick I'm not a big fan of anyway.
    I don't know what kind of drilling for the tremolo the giutar has, but it's always a good idea to invest in a good bridge. Maybe a Callaham or something similar.
    And try to get a bone nut. They add much more than you might think.
  • lukin321lukin321 Posts: 864
    What's a bone nut?
    9/1/98, 8/9/00, 8/12/00, 4/11/03, 4/12/03, 4/13/03, 4/19/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04, 10/3/04, 10/8/04, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/30/2013, 4/8/2016, 4/9/2016, 4/11/2016, 4/13/2016
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    Well, a nut is the white bar thing your strings rest on before they go to the machine heads. Usually they're made of some kind of plastic. If you get one made out of bone, it can really improve the tone of your guitar.
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