I thought I'd post my collection of 3 pickup singlecuts and in particular the three I build myself from top to bottom.
I took inspiration out of so many designs, it'd be a story in and by itself to explain it all but here's a go.
A while back, I wanted my own version of the wiring of Teye guitars, or what I thought to be was his wiring: 3 pickups, one 5way switch, 4 pots. I wanted two tone two volumes but 'assignable', meaning that the pots werent' fixed to the pickup. I wanted that dreaded middle pickup to be functioning in a logical, sensible, musical way. With the help of one of you guys (can't remember who it was, I'm sorry bro!) I figured it out.
So, what do we have here, from left to right (which is the order in which they were finished). Well, they're the prototypes for my own TC line of guitars, TC meaning ToneChaser (my doublecut design is called ToneMachine).
The left one was finished last year and features a maple top on 1piece limba back, 1 piece rosewood neck, ebony board. 2 SD 'vintage' p90's (shielded on the inside to prevent hum, which works remarkably well!) and a Black Winter/Fullshred hybrid. I have 1 master volume and 1 VE (voice expander, more on that later). The other 2 knobs are one BMP and one switch to select passive or active for the humbucker.
The middle one is its sibling. it was another experiment where I initially routed it for a floyd but opted out of it at the last minute and went with a Schaller 3801 which is an EPIC trem (highly recommended). The bridge pup is an Alternative8/Fullshred hybrid and neck+middle are 2 Slug90's. This one was the first to have the assignable controls and I omitted the regular tone controls for 2 VE's.
The right one was featured in a thread of itself a while ago but a short recap: it was a TelePaul. I leveled the top, I added a top after chambering and then continued to build as if it was a brand new guitar. SH6N/Screaming Demon AlnicoVIII in bridge, Phat Cat Alnico V in middle, Jazz/Seth Alnico V in neck. I figured a way to 'toast' the covers (or 'burn the chrome' which is technically incorrect) so I figured why the heck not.
The knobs are turned from leftovers of the neck blank Or cutoffs of the body.
Keep in mind, these are just prototypes! Hence the superthin finish, the not-so-flamy tops and some features you might think of as odd (like the slanted bridge on the middle one or that little hole in the left one). Also, i experimented a bit with the location of the switch and pots and finally landed on the right configuration. It requires no adjustment from you LP players but it feels a bit more naturale at the same time. The switch is in a more sensible position too.
So yeah. there you go.
I took inspiration out of so many designs, it'd be a story in and by itself to explain it all but here's a go.
A while back, I wanted my own version of the wiring of Teye guitars, or what I thought to be was his wiring: 3 pickups, one 5way switch, 4 pots. I wanted two tone two volumes but 'assignable', meaning that the pots werent' fixed to the pickup. I wanted that dreaded middle pickup to be functioning in a logical, sensible, musical way. With the help of one of you guys (can't remember who it was, I'm sorry bro!) I figured it out.
So, what do we have here, from left to right (which is the order in which they were finished). Well, they're the prototypes for my own TC line of guitars, TC meaning ToneChaser (my doublecut design is called ToneMachine).
The left one was finished last year and features a maple top on 1piece limba back, 1 piece rosewood neck, ebony board. 2 SD 'vintage' p90's (shielded on the inside to prevent hum, which works remarkably well!) and a Black Winter/Fullshred hybrid. I have 1 master volume and 1 VE (voice expander, more on that later). The other 2 knobs are one BMP and one switch to select passive or active for the humbucker.
The middle one is its sibling. it was another experiment where I initially routed it for a floyd but opted out of it at the last minute and went with a Schaller 3801 which is an EPIC trem (highly recommended). The bridge pup is an Alternative8/Fullshred hybrid and neck+middle are 2 Slug90's. This one was the first to have the assignable controls and I omitted the regular tone controls for 2 VE's.
The right one was featured in a thread of itself a while ago but a short recap: it was a TelePaul. I leveled the top, I added a top after chambering and then continued to build as if it was a brand new guitar. SH6N/Screaming Demon AlnicoVIII in bridge, Phat Cat Alnico V in middle, Jazz/Seth Alnico V in neck. I figured a way to 'toast' the covers (or 'burn the chrome' which is technically incorrect) so I figured why the heck not.
The knobs are turned from leftovers of the neck blank Or cutoffs of the body.
Keep in mind, these are just prototypes! Hence the superthin finish, the not-so-flamy tops and some features you might think of as odd (like the slanted bridge on the middle one or that little hole in the left one). Also, i experimented a bit with the location of the switch and pots and finally landed on the right configuration. It requires no adjustment from you LP players but it feels a bit more naturale at the same time. The switch is in a more sensible position too.
So yeah. there you go.
just drop me a line.
