I've decided, as I have for my want of a lap steel, that I will build my own 12-string electric guitar. In looking at the various bodies and necks available, I've decided that I'll go with a Warmouth reproduction '72 Telecaster Deluxe body, and Warmouth Pro 12-string neck. They also sell a Gotoh flat mount (hard tail) 12-string bridge, and they can also prep the body for this bridge, as well. This leaves me with trying to decide which pickups to use, given that stock Tele Deluxe routing will be HH, and I've also decided to go with a mahogany body and neck, with a rosewood fingerboard.
So far, these are the pickups I'm considering:
-Fender wide-range humbuckers (as on an actual Fender Tele Deluxe)
-TV Jones Power`Tron
-GFS Dream 90
Also, since Warmouth allows various options for pickup routings/cuts for their bodies and pickguards, I'm considering the possibility of Fender Dove P90 pickups. The tone I'm going for is the jingle-jangle of a Rickenbacker 360/12 a la George Harrison/Roger McGuinn, so in that case, would I be okay with my body/neck/fingerboard woods, mentioned above, or might I go with all maple, as with Rickenbacker construction?
Once I have my body and neck, I hope I'll be able to get a decent price at one of the local auto-body shops, on painting everything (except the fingerboard).
Matt
So far, these are the pickups I'm considering:
-Fender wide-range humbuckers (as on an actual Fender Tele Deluxe)
-TV Jones Power`Tron
-GFS Dream 90
Also, since Warmouth allows various options for pickup routings/cuts for their bodies and pickguards, I'm considering the possibility of Fender Dove P90 pickups. The tone I'm going for is the jingle-jangle of a Rickenbacker 360/12 a la George Harrison/Roger McGuinn, so in that case, would I be okay with my body/neck/fingerboard woods, mentioned above, or might I go with all maple, as with Rickenbacker construction?
Once I have my body and neck, I hope I'll be able to get a decent price at one of the local auto-body shops, on painting everything (except the fingerboard).
Matt