I've recently discovered that I have 10k in a government trust fund that I had no idea about so I'm taking this opportunity to build my dream guitar. I'm planning on using this guitar as my primary instrument for the rest of my career as a guitarist and so am hoping to cram as many features into it as possible so I'm prepared for a variety of situations. I know literally nothing about building and wiring guitars so I thought I'd come on here to see if anyone could point out some issues with my design.
I plan to source and purchase the parts myself but my friend who builds guitars will actually construct it for me
Ideally I would want to pay around £1.2K for this but realistically would be more so would stretch to £1.6K max
Aesthetics + parts
Jazzmaster body
Matte birch green finish
White custom shaped pickguard (jaguar style)
Satin roasted maple neck
Fender locking tuners
Fender infinity strap locks
Jaguar tremolo system
3 knobs + 3 jaguar style switches + pickup switch + 3 rollers
Pickups HH
Seymour Duncan P-rails with 4 tones on each - single, p90, series H, parallel H
Built-In tuner
Hidden behind a flap at the top of the guitar that blends in with the body. Ideally will turn on when the flap is opened.
- D'Addario PW-CT-12RC Micro Headstock Rechargeable Tuner
More ambitious features:
Built-in compressor
I want this to allow me to bring up the volume of my single coils closer to the humbucker, would also allow for more sustain and can be used creatively.
- OPTICAL ANALOG Compressor/Limiter- COMPLETE Install kit
Resonance filter
I want to be able to make my guitar sit at a specific frequency on the fly, having an adjustable mid boost would be very useful
USB C charging battery
Either rechargeable 9V or Fishman Rechargeable Battery Pack SCBK
Controls
1 Volume
2 Tone
3 Bridge pickup setting (1-4)
4 Neck pickup setting (1-4)
5 Off(Killswitch)/Passive (battery off - fx bypassed)/FX (Battery on)
6 Pickup selector - Bridge/Both/Neck
7 Resonance frequency (roller) (from 400-to 3000Hz) Will set Q pre installation
8 Resonance boost (roller) (0-+5db)
9 Threshold (0- -20db) Will set the ratio, attack and release when I install the compressor to settings that will work for a variety of purposes
10 USB C port - if I decide to go with built in battery