We built a pair of guitars to test out pickups. One had an alder body and the other had an ash body.
These had quick change components that incorporated a cut down pickguard and side part to the body.
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We built a standard pair of strats but with a difference - the top section on one side is a separate piece. The holes are where bolts from the back can hold onto the top pieces
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Here you can see we made a few pieces of interchangable tops so we could have a couple of pickguards loaded to compare and contrast different pickup types
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here is one of the lower bits on it's own
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You can see that the top part just slides into place
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We added some magnets into the top of the body part that will grab onto steel discs in the test pickguards
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A fully loaded pickguard connects with aquick connector
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Slide the pickguard and pickups into place .
The magnets will grab the pickguard and a single bolt will hold t all steady (although there are 3 that can be used.
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All in place and ready to plug in and try out
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Here we go - both tester guitars and the additional pickguards and side parts, as well as the router template to make more pickguards
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Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!
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Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!
You could find that there's a market for something like this ...
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