Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: nineacres on September 20, 2005, 09:32:45 AM

Title: Strat Bathtub Routing
Post by: nineacres on September 20, 2005, 09:32:45 AM

What's your experience? It is detrimental to the overall sound? Or do the benefits of being able to use H-S-H, S-S-H, etc. without drilling, outweigh any adverse effects?

Title: Strat Bathtub Routing
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on September 20, 2005, 10:57:57 AM

Personally I do prefer to have 2 universally sized cutouts that will take either single coil or humbucker and one single coil in the middle - as it gives a bit more structural strength. I don't suppose it affects THAT much.
I remember that on the Ibanez Allan Holdsworth model they claimed it to be like a sound chamber so maybe it does alter the tone - I do know that Holdsworth likes a semi - type guitar

Title: Strat Bathtub Routing
Post by: The amazing Phil on September 20, 2005, 02:46:32 PM

To be honest I wouldn't wanna lose anymore wood than I absolutely had to. Maybe it'd be less of an issue if there wasn't the rout at the back for the springs?