Friday, 6 December 2013

Building a twin neck guitar - part 6: Placing the "bits"

I finally got around to placing the "bits" of the guitar on the body to make sure everything fits and is OK. I had thought about it before but had kept putting it off. This was prompted when a friend asked if I had checked that things were OK and fit as expected before making changes to the necks ....cheers Alan :)

Anyway ... the bits fit. I'm not happy how the pickups look (or rather, will look) but that will be a temporary thing.

Here we go! Looks pretty cool in my opinion.



The chrome parts work really well in terms of aesthetics. The bridges are surprisingly good and will stay. The only issue I have here is the pickups. Covered pickups would look better. If you disagree let me know ;)



That wiring is going to be TIGHT! The switches don't fit right for me. As they sit now (as in the only way they fit), they go neck to bridge, and that just doesn't work. I'll need to route out the body out a bit so that the switches can sit so they work top to bottom (as they sit when you play).


I have a feeling this may be a wee bit of a challenge ;)
This is the cavity where I want to put the potential third switch as it's the one in the middle of the two necks. When I can get the switch in at the preferred angle it would mean that I could get a new switch in with a little routing, BUT there will be quite a few wires going in there.


But this one will be easier :)


Random input pic. Just making sure it fits.


Hopefully I can get the paint in the next week and can get started .... just trying to find the right wiring diagram. I don't want to paint until all the right holes are in place.


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