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Les Stagg!
Started with a "Gibson-Style" Stagg solid body. These things are really solid so I thought I'd add steel strings with a low-G. Didn't do much for the sound.
"Hmm... I really hate built-in amps with sliders so if that goes..." and the rest, as they say, is history
So, steel strings, low-G and:
- Single-coil "lipstick" pickup
- Dual-rail Humbucker
- Selector switch: neck, bridge, both
- Volume and tone controls
- Hand-cut scratch plate
- Stereo jack socket: left for the original piezo, right for the new pickups
Handed it to a friend who's a studio technician and part-time metal band lead guitarist and he literally "feaked the f*ck out, man!" Considering 99% of guitar solos are played up the neck it took him all of 10 seconds to suss out the key and he was jamming like a maniac. Pretty much had to wrench it off him
I did put the stereo jack in to play with some clever delay and stereo effects between the two styles of pickups but considering: a) I'm not skilled enough to "melt faces" and b) the piezo sounds so meh compared to the coils I think I'll dump the wooden bridge and stick on something from a 4 string bass.