My family is having a bunch of furniture made by a woodcarver in Sri Lanka, and I thought it would be pretty awesome to have guitar made by them. Of course, they don't actually make guitars and its not something that you can just jump in and do, so my idea is to have them make a plate about 3 cm thick and about 1 cm smaller than an actual Les Paul top, then have a Luthier build a guitar for it to be dropped into when I have the cash (I might try it myself, but I really don't have any woodworking experience...)
I found the below diagram online and plan to send it to the woodworker so that they can use it to come up with designs. However, there are a couple of changes that I want to make and I need to know how to adjust the diagram:
A: Both of my current guitars are dual Humbucker, so I am thinking of going with an HSH, HSS or just SS configuration. Are there standard measurements for pickup placement?
B: I want to use a wraparound bridge instead of a standard Tune-omatic because I want to reduce the amount of hardware as much as possible (I know that going with 3 pickups is counter-productive here, but Its a trade-off I can accept?). Where should that go relative to the neck?
C: Also in the interest of reducing the amount of hardware, Does anybody know of a more efficient way to handle knob and switch placement? I can deal with going down to 1 volume knob, but any other space saving ideas would be great.
Beyond those things, is there anything that I might have missed? I'm sure that there must be a few factors that I hadn't even considered. Keep in mind that this is intended primarily as an art piece and I know that some compromises will be made in the actual sound of the guitar.
Thanks in advance
