Members Paraclete Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Im considering building-in the Roland GTK3 (permanent/internal) hex pup system to a build I am planning. It will be going into a body that I will be making instead of retro-fitting it into an existing body. Have any of you tried this yet? If so, any tips you might have...The Roland install manual is very vague on this,as I guess they gear it towards retro-fits more than from-scratch builds.. The body will consist of wings onto a Maple neck-thru blank, and will have a 1/4 in thick Walnut top. (havent decided on the wood for the back/wings,yet). The guitar will be routed also,for a PRS tremelo unit, 2x P-90's with a 3-way and volume for each pup.(no tone control). If I include this synth pup, it will add the selector switch, a mix switch (piezo/mix/mag),vol knob for the hex pup,and S1/S2 switches. I will locate the Roland output jack on the lower edge next to the std guitar output jack.http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/GKKITGT3_OM-e5d320e6bbd382b0e49c419b28efb479.pdf I am wondering if it will make more sense to mark everything up and do the routing before I glue-up the wings/top/etc, or just glue everything up,dry it outTHEN do the routing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StompBoxLover Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 you might want to consider graph tech Ghost piezo saddles instead.the response is faster (at least on my axon) and you don't havethat ugly pu on your guitar. plus, you get a pretty good piezo sound http://www.graphtech.com/ghost_info.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paraclete Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Interesting idea,but I wonder how these saddles would fit on a PRS tremelo as opposed to a std strat-type trem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ririzarry Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Attach the wings to the neck, route then do any contouring of the body. The assembled body will give you a better point of reference for subsequent routing. Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AXEL276 Posted March 7, 2007 Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 Have you used the GK3? I have to agree with the poster who mentioned going with a piezo bridge. Check StewMac, they sell kits. I have both the GK3 (on a strat) and a Godin with the piezo bridge. The piezo tracks MUCH better and as an added bennifit I love the accoustic guitar sound. The Godin is wired for 3 voice. I've used electric, accoustic and synth all together live and the sound is huge. Seriously, you should think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paraclete Posted March 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2007 I will consider this. I so want to use that PRS trem tho,lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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