WaCcKo guitar project

[ACE 4080]

this was my buddies idea, take a cruddy little acoustic guitar, put a spare ELECTRIC pickup in the soundhole er something and get a tone out of it (I think?)

how should i mount this thing??????
Should i put some sort of tonewood in there to screw the pickup into or would i be just fine if it doesnt really touch any wood?

[idsnowdog]

Re: WaCcKo guitar project

I had a Pencrest steel string that I put a strat pickup in the soundhole. I just fabricated some L brackets to suspend the pickup. It was surprising just how acoustically true it was. It was a great guitar for slide and acoustic grunge.

[GoldenVulture]

Re: WaCcKo guitar project

Don't try it if it doesn't already come with steel strings, unless you want to tear your bridge off.

[Sanford]

Re: WaCcKo guitar project



Watch the whole thing. Then watch the next one.

[SabbathFan0220]

Re: WaCcKo guitar project

That's not such a crazy idea.



It looks like those are screwed into the top, I assume with some sort of extra support underneath. You wouldn't be able to adjust the height though.

[Bludave]

Re: WaCcKo guitar project

You may have to change to nickle strings. Not sure. The photo of Curt clearly has either brass or Phosphor/bronze strings, but a strat pickup is probably not going to pick those strings up. He may have had a saddle piezo in his??