Need a Home for my EMGs

[Butch Snyder]

I have an SA/SA/85 EMG set in ivory. It's a great set of pickups, yet it sets on a shelf doing nothing. I would really like to use it. I'm thinking I would like to find a guitar to put them in, much like Mark Knopfler's Pensa Suhr. No pickguard, pickups would be mounted to the body. Can anyone point me in the right direction, besides Warmoth?

I have found a couple that look good. The Schecter California Classic looks great. I'm also wanting to keep to 22 frets and a non-locking tremolo.

 

[Coma]

Ibanez AZ26P1

 

[uOpt]

A Kramer Focus 3000 MIJ can be a good base.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Interesting choices. I'm looking for a carved top with no pickguard. The Schecter California Classic looks great but it's way more than I was wanting to spend.

 

[Coma]

Maybe look for a used Fender Aerodyne Strat? Not a classic carved top, but it is arched from side to side.

 

[Chistopher]

I'm split as to where you should put them. Depends on what your local recycling center is willing to accept.

 

[donaldr]

I was in the same situation 5-6 years ago with a EMG 60/S/S set I had lying around. I found a Godin Exit 22 and they are sounding better than I had expected, perfect match for a 24.75" scale and mahogany body.

Not my guitar but here's a Godin Exit 22.