[quote name='cocco' post='1258491' date='Jun 6 2011, 03:42 PM']I've often thought about going custom but something has always put me off placing the order. Mostly my lack of knowlege about tone woods/pickup configs, luthiers etc. So with that in mind I'm documenting my thoughts here in the hope that someone can lend a machete to my thickett.
I'm a rock player through and through, alot of what I do is bass driven, I play with a pick mostly but I switch to finger style alot for dynamic purposes. I love my grabber for it's punch and agression. I love P's apart from the lack of a back pickup to rest my thumb on. I don't like that my bongo has no soul, I don't like that my jazz sits ontop of the mix. I love my T-40 in humbucker mode apart from the weight. I like 2 EQ rays but not 3 EQ rays, I love the ray neck profile too and I like G&Ls, especially the thinline ASAT
I dont want a fancy top wood, I'm thinking maple, ash or alder for a body wood because my grabber is maple and my fenders and peavey are alder or ash. I'm not against bass wood after playing an aerodyne but I'd be worried about it feeling too light.
Shape wise I'm thinking T-bird or explorer as a sort of enthwhistle tribute and Id like it to look 70s.
Pickup wise I was thinking double Darkstar for the growl and depth or 2 fat humbuckers but defiantly passive, although after the aerodyne I'm tempted by P/J or even P/P because I don't really like jazz pickups.
Can anyone help in any way?
Ash.[/quote]
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