shredaholic
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I'm currently in the process of building a double strat (6/12) for myself, and one for one of my best friends. I'm really not sure what pickups to go with for either of them, more so the 12 string section actually. My doubleneck will be to the following spec:
3pc body, Alder/Honduran Mahogany/Alder
English Sycamore (maple) necks
Matching Cocobolo fretboards
Callaham vintage strat trem on the 6 string
Gotoh 12 string hardtail for the 12 string
the Mahogany center for the body probably won't be that wide, so there'll be more Alder than Mahogany. And my friends doubleneck will probably differ in that it's:
3pc Sapele body
One piece maple or sycamore necks with skunk stripe
Any ideas? We're not ruling out either humbuckers or single coils, but any humbuckers would have to be single coil size. I'd probably end up with humbuckers for the 6 string whereas my friend Adam would probably want single coils. We're both into classic rock and blues, and will be wanting vintage guitar type sounds, but whether that's vintage Fender or vintage Gibsonish isn't that big of a deal. Mine's gonna be used with a vintage-spec-modded Marshall 100w 1959slp and G12M speakers, whereas Adam's will probably be with a Fender Twin Reverb.
3pc body, Alder/Honduran Mahogany/Alder
English Sycamore (maple) necks
Matching Cocobolo fretboards
Callaham vintage strat trem on the 6 string
Gotoh 12 string hardtail for the 12 string
the Mahogany center for the body probably won't be that wide, so there'll be more Alder than Mahogany. And my friends doubleneck will probably differ in that it's:
3pc Sapele body
One piece maple or sycamore necks with skunk stripe
Any ideas? We're not ruling out either humbuckers or single coils, but any humbuckers would have to be single coil size. I'd probably end up with humbuckers for the 6 string whereas my friend Adam would probably want single coils. We're both into classic rock and blues, and will be wanting vintage guitar type sounds, but whether that's vintage Fender or vintage Gibsonish isn't that big of a deal. Mine's gonna be used with a vintage-spec-modded Marshall 100w 1959slp and G12M speakers, whereas Adam's will probably be with a Fender Twin Reverb.
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