New Build Advice/Recommendation

[treyhaislip]

Starting a new project and wanted some advice/suggestion/comments. What I'm thinking is an alder body with a one piece maple neck. Pickups would be SD JB and SD Hotrails. I would like to go with a Wilkenson tremolo on this build.

Anyone ever use a JB with a maple neck? Or what pickup combinations do y'all think works best for alder and maple. Thanks!

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: New Build Advice/Recommendation

Do you mean that you want the Hot Rails in the neck position? If so, definitely make it the neck model pickup.

The JB should sound great.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: New Build Advice/Recommendation

Best for me or best for you? The JB/hotrails combo is great in alder and maple... But is that the sound you are after? If your doing metal or hard rock i would say go for it but if your doing surf music or jazz might suggest something else.

 

[treyhaislip]

Re: New Build Advice/Recommendation

Definitely planned on having the Hotrails in the Neck and the JB in the bridge.

And yes, going for the Rock/Metal sound.

Planning on going with Musikraft Charvel neck and Charvel Body.


I just don't remember playing a a JB with a maple neck...so I was hoping to hear it would be a good combo. I had a Jackson Soloist with the Hotrails & JB combo and I absolutely loved it. However, my music pastor at the time accidentally broke the neck...Soloists are neck thru and at the time I couldn't afford to fix/replace the guitar. So now I'd like to get that similar sound but have vowed to never go back to a neck thru.

Thanks for the advice!