making your own guitar

[Wideboy]

yeah wenge is a pretty tuff wood, blunts your chisels ect very quickly

all info on the hardware is good info as I've never taken any of my guitars apart

Any idea on your pickup configuration yet?

2 or 3 pickups? Also- where you're going to locate the switch etc, as it will make the routing easy or complex!

Allparts UK are a good source for guitar electronics.

If you're getting humbuckers, I'd recommend CTS 500k audio taper pots* and decent capacitors (probably .22s) for tone- Sprague Orange drops are reasonably priced or you can go for paper in oil caps (apparently the best sound when the tone is rolled off- rich and resonant). I've got Orange Drops in 2 of my guitars and they sound great.

Single coils will (more often) need 250k pots and the capacitors can vary (my strat has Noiseless Hot pickups, 250k pots and a .22 capcacitor)

Get decent wiring as well- I think it's 22 or 24awg for guitars, and make sure it's all shielded!

This site's a great resource for wiring diagrams- http://www.guitarelectronics.com/cat...ringresources/