AdmiralEasychord
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Alright - for those of who've helped in my Dreamcaster thread, thanks. I've been amassing a new list of questions that I think solicits a new thread. For a bit of summary about myself, I like playing indie rock, with lots of inspiration coming from shoegaze. I'm using lots of reverb, and I'm looking for ways to blend distortion, reverb, delay, and other effects together and make very washy, wave after wave of guitar.
So, the basic set up I was thinking of is:
A jazzmaster body/25.5" strat neck with a vintage trem, the modded mustang bridge, and two fender humbuckers. I want to have cut into the pickguard two slots for two 3 position on-off-on slide switches near the lower horn. Each one will control a pickup and switch it between Humbucking, Single Coil, or turn it off. I'll have a master volume knob, and then a tone knob for each pickup. Instead of the jack on the pickguard, I want a recessed strat style jack.
I'm trying to figure out what kind of wood I should get my body made out of. I've been thinking alder, as it's pretty cheap and very middle in terms of tone. I don't know if I want bright or warm - the terms kind of confuse me a little, since I've only ever played a Samick Fastback and a Squier Strat with any actual extensive experience. The Fastback is made of Agathis, which I believe is similar to alder. Very middle of the road.
As far as the aesthetics go, the laminate top option: Is that just a layer of wood over top the main body? Like, if I go for indian rosewood - is that the whole body, or just a layer of wood? Because by far, it's the most beautiful wood I've seen.
Next is the neck. I'm a bit flip-floppy on maple and rosewood fretboards. I used to hate maple, but when I switched to my Fastback from my Strat, I started to really like it. One of the points I'm looking at though, is if Warmoth can paint the whole thing if I get an all maple neck. Pegface, back of the neck, and fretboard. That's sort of a selling point as to whether I would want to get a black-painted body or an indian rosewood laminate top. If they can paint it AND it keeps the same consistency in action, then I'd go for the black body. If not, I'd just have a natural maple neck on an indian rosewood-looking body.
Now for some other things:
What sort of tuning heads should I get. Ones that will go a long way in keeping it in tune with lots of trem use.
Should I get a graphite nut or white corian?
What should I get the nut-width as? I usually go for medium D'addario strings.
What kind of pots should I get for my tone and volume knobs? Specific models.
What should the size of the frets be? I'm getting nickels.
Should I get string retainers?
I have sort of small hands and fingers. What should I get my neck's radius as?
And should I get a .60 or .90 pickguard thickness?
Same goes for electronics.
What kind of capacitors?
Should I get a small or large battery box?
What kind of jack should I get? Stereo or mono?
What spec/model for the strat-style jack?
Again, thank you in advance. I know I'm pretty new at all of this, and I have tons of questions and I'm asking for a lot, but I really appreciate the help in scraping up the plans for my dream guitar.
So, the basic set up I was thinking of is:
A jazzmaster body/25.5" strat neck with a vintage trem, the modded mustang bridge, and two fender humbuckers. I want to have cut into the pickguard two slots for two 3 position on-off-on slide switches near the lower horn. Each one will control a pickup and switch it between Humbucking, Single Coil, or turn it off. I'll have a master volume knob, and then a tone knob for each pickup. Instead of the jack on the pickguard, I want a recessed strat style jack.
I'm trying to figure out what kind of wood I should get my body made out of. I've been thinking alder, as it's pretty cheap and very middle in terms of tone. I don't know if I want bright or warm - the terms kind of confuse me a little, since I've only ever played a Samick Fastback and a Squier Strat with any actual extensive experience. The Fastback is made of Agathis, which I believe is similar to alder. Very middle of the road.
As far as the aesthetics go, the laminate top option: Is that just a layer of wood over top the main body? Like, if I go for indian rosewood - is that the whole body, or just a layer of wood? Because by far, it's the most beautiful wood I've seen.
Next is the neck. I'm a bit flip-floppy on maple and rosewood fretboards. I used to hate maple, but when I switched to my Fastback from my Strat, I started to really like it. One of the points I'm looking at though, is if Warmoth can paint the whole thing if I get an all maple neck. Pegface, back of the neck, and fretboard. That's sort of a selling point as to whether I would want to get a black-painted body or an indian rosewood laminate top. If they can paint it AND it keeps the same consistency in action, then I'd go for the black body. If not, I'd just have a natural maple neck on an indian rosewood-looking body.
Now for some other things:
What sort of tuning heads should I get. Ones that will go a long way in keeping it in tune with lots of trem use.
Should I get a graphite nut or white corian?
What should I get the nut-width as? I usually go for medium D'addario strings.
What kind of pots should I get for my tone and volume knobs? Specific models.
What should the size of the frets be? I'm getting nickels.
Should I get string retainers?
I have sort of small hands and fingers. What should I get my neck's radius as?
And should I get a .60 or .90 pickguard thickness?
Same goes for electronics.
What kind of capacitors?
Should I get a small or large battery box?
What kind of jack should I get? Stereo or mono?
What spec/model for the strat-style jack?
Again, thank you in advance. I know I'm pretty new at all of this, and I have tons of questions and I'm asking for a lot, but I really appreciate the help in scraping up the plans for my dream guitar.