The Pit Bull Guitars "Community Kit"

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Quote from pablopepper on April 19, 2013, 11:38
I'm all for black hardware, but not for a spalted top, flame all the way!

HSS is probably a good pickup config, something for everyone. And I thought the consensus was for a tuneomatic style bridge to a string through body thingee.

What about controls? Master volume, master tone, 5-way switch? That's what I'd choose or is that too simple?

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I think you're right - master, master, 5 way switch. string-through body thingee. Jury was out on trem, though.

I've never been a big user of tremolo, so I'd be fine without. That said, I'd probably just leave the arm off. But if there's a consensus for no trem, then I'd go with a more stable bridge.

Other opinions?

I'm still quite keen on the idea of a semi-hollow setup, Rick/tele thinline style. Not necessarily full semi hollow, but a cavity up the top. Not sure what anyone else thinks?

I agree with Stui, at least a semi-hollow!

PRS style body.

prs bird style inlays on either ebony or maple fingerboard for something different.

mahogany body with a quilted maple top

2 humbuckers

prs style stop-tail/wraparound 1 piece bridge

I know it just sounds like a PRS but I think they make simplicity look amazing

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Quote from theabomb on April 20, 2013, 15:12
PRS style body.

prs bird style inlays on either ebony or maple fingerboard for something different.

mahogany body with a quilted maple top

2 humbuckers

prs style stop-tail/wraparound 1 piece bridge

I know it just sounds like a PRS but I think they make simplicity look amazing

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Why don't you just buy one of the PRS style kits then? :?

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Quote from stui on April 20, 2013, 17:31

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Quote from theabomb on April 20, 2013, 15:12
PRS style body.

prs bird style inlays on either ebony or maple fingerboard for something different.

mahogany body with a quilted maple top

2 humbuckers

prs style stop-tail/wraparound 1 piece bridge

I know it just sounds like a PRS but I think they make simplicity look amazing

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Why don't you just buy one of the PRS style kits then? :?

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haha fair call stui, I guess that was my long way of saying I don't like the inlays on either kit and neither has a quilted maple top... maybe a hollow-body PRS?

I guess I'd be keen to see a alder or ash strat too.

Aside from that there are already far too many kits I want to buy

Body: Double cut LP
Hollow body, like a Tele Thinline.
Ebony fretboard, mahogany set neck,
2 P90's/HSH (That would be awesome on a LP)
Tune-o-matic and stoptail
22 frets and 24 inch scale length
Simple chrome/nickel hardware, scratchplate

http://i.imgur.com/ez5RsUm.jpg

What the hell have I made?

I've seen one or two of them around before, and they are pretty noice!
Maybe have Humbucker / P-90 / P-90 arrangement with phase switching, neck P-90 reversed to create a bucker in the 2nd position, and finally a tone cap selector???

There's my 2c for ya!

Not much movement in this thread recently. Have any executive decisions been made regarding this kit yet?

Hey Stui,

Yes, we're still going to do this, but it's more of a long term plan. I thought I'd leave this thread open for a while and just see what people come up with.

Doing a completely original body design; like the Strat/Les Pal hybrid, sounds fun, but it will be hard to get exactly what we want, unless someone can put together some proper blueprints.

That's why I tried to steer things in the direction of picking an existing body shape, that we could make our own with some mods; like a thinline "Strat" shape, with flat top, binding and f-hole and some single coil/humbucker arrangement.

If this thread completely dies out, I'll look at ways of firing it up again.