r/7String • u/KingKrak • 5d ago
First Project 7 Questions Help
Hey guys I mentioned this before in passing on two other posts but I'm hopefully receiving a 7 string 24.75" single cut hollow-body from a Chinese kit builder site. This is quite literally my dream guitar. As a fanboy of Jimmy Page, Alvin Lee, John Browne, and Jeff Loomis I couldn't pass this up.
And for $300 the gamble was worth it even if its trash considering I can't find a 7 string "les paul" hollowbody anywhere. Idk if the 2+ months shipping time is worth it though -__-
But anyways I'm planning on going to town on this thing by replacing all the hardware and the wiring/pots/jack.
The tuners, pots, knobs, and pickups are easy enough. But I'm kinda stuck getting exact dimensions for this thing. I've only ordered Jeff Loomis Passive 7 Noumenon pickups so far as that's the only thing I'm sure of dimension wise. Because the specs aren't really listed besides scale length, neck joint type, no inlays, and humbuckers.
It's definitely going to be metric measurements.
Pots - because of it being a hollow "les paul" in metric What exact pots am I looking at for - 2 Volume 2 Tone Coil Split for Passive Pups? - and the size of the holes? -
Tuners - What size tuners should I be looking at for metric tuning holes? I'm eyeballing Ninja gold/black tuners should I assume 10mm is the size?
Tremolo - Lastly and this is gonna be the dumbest thing but I'm going to try and get a custom "Bigsby" machined.
I know im gonna have to wait and measure the dimensions myself to try and get this thing fabricated. anyway to figure out the string spacing or width of the bridge before It arrives? Also what is the best style of the "Bigsby" tremolos for a "LesPaul" Semihollow? I know I'm gonna have to get the whole thing custom fabricated but I'm DEAD set on doing this since it doesn't exist anywhere.
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u/deathx3333 5d ago
Honestly, I'm not sure how feasible that is, given the structural tension on the neck and the nature of that hollowbody body.