Inca Silver HH Strat

[JPP]

Hello everyone. First post here.

I ordered a rear-routed Inca Silver HH Strat body with recessed TOM bridge a few weeks ago and will be building it up with my current MusiKraft neck which I love.

I did not have any pot holes drilled, only the blade switch. Is the Warmoth rear route large enough for 4 pots (i.e. Les Paul configuration)?

I'm not sure if the configuration will be too cramped with the blade switch in there as well. I can go with a 2V1T (3 pots) setup but don't love the 50's wiring this configuration has.

Has anyone done 4 pots and a blade switch in a rear route cavity? See the pic for my mock-up...

 

[ragamuffin]

I don't have first hand experience with this, but that rear route cavity is quite large; I suspect that the four pots will fit

 

[JPP]

I don't have first hand experience with this, but that rear route cavity is quite large; I suspect that the four pots will fit

Thank you. It may be tricky with the screw bump-outs in the route. Those might just be in the way of one or more of the pots if following the dimensions of a Les Paul layout. ???

 

[Don O]

Have you thought about using concentric pots? I use them on many of my builds. CTS 500K/250K. Volume is the lower 500K knob and the tone is the upper 250K.

 

[JPP]

@Don O

I would use concentric pots but unfortunately I am a lefty and they do not make them in reverse-audio taper. I am pretty much stuck with 500k "lefty" pots. Awesome looking build!

 

[rockandroller]

Pretty sure you will have to use a slightly tighter layout for the switch plus four pots.
Here is a three-knob warmoth soloist build for example...

 

[JPP]

More than likely I will just go with a 3 pot VVT setup with a master tone control or just to the bridge pickup only. I think VVTT with the blade switch will just get too cramped. I ride the the bridge volume control a lot so I like a bit more space.

This mockup will be how I drill the 3 pot holes with the bridge volume closest to the strings: