tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922288271851926673.post5797937777688825787..comments2023-11-01T20:27:50.577+01:00Comments on gUitarREN: hollow-log project updatebertramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528276269335424775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922288271851926673.post-82412262338480224322010-03-15T03:20:30.897+01:002010-03-15T03:20:30.897+01:00thank you alex, interesting link (like the last on...thank you alex, interesting link (like the last one to Norton guitars), they have a splendid alu bo-style guitar...<br /><br />for some reason, with a wooden neck I prefer a wooden central block. the best would probably to have a neck-through-body but I will keep avoiding making a neck myself unless I put my hand on a real wood-workshop! same with the alu, if I can make a square box out of alu in my bedroom it's already not bad...<br /><br />I'd put two single coil lipsticks to have the possibility to combine them to have a humbucker like on the wilkes (http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2010/03/wilkes-answer.html) - though I have to get precise info about this because it sounds too easy! <br /><br />tomorrow i will post new sketches with a smater sliding system.bertramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528276269335424775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922288271851926673.post-36502028126142700732010-03-14T18:00:47.729+01:002010-03-14T18:00:47.729+01:00Fascinating project. Regarding the wooden block, I...Fascinating project. Regarding the wooden block, I came to think of this: http://www.longfellowguitars.com/<br /><br />On one of the pictures (almost at the bottom of the page), you can see a strat bottom plate with two alu beams running lengthwise. Maybe something similar would work for your project. It would leave you sufficient room for the sliding pickups.<br /><br />In my own experience, sliding the pickup forth and back makes a big difference. Why not only one pickup, btw?<br /><br />/AlexAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305622752936652452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922288271851926673.post-46499918127644985302010-03-14T12:32:49.375+01:002010-03-14T12:32:49.375+01:00the most realistic option is indeed to build the g...the most realistic option is indeed to build the guitar around a wood block on which I'd bold the neck and the bridge, routed for the sliding pickups, and fix it inside an aluminium case.<br /><br />it would be more elegant to make a press-formed alu box for the pickups but it would require machines, and a central wooden beam would probably still be necessary.<br /><br />this is just the beginning of an idea, sliding lipstick pickups are a seducing concept, but I'm not convinced that it has a decisive effect on the sound. <br /><br />anyway, I didn't yet thought through the technical aspects of it all!bertramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528276269335424775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922288271851926673.post-84612455043505505222010-03-14T11:34:26.244+01:002010-03-14T11:34:26.244+01:00Hollow-body AND sliding pickups. How hollow is hol...Hollow-body AND sliding pickups. How hollow is hollow? You'd have a solid block beneath the bridge, right? (You'd need it there anyway for the pickup rails? What about the insides of the pickup hole?Gavin Lloyd Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.com