I know it won't sound too much like Jerry's, Jerry's weighed 14 pounds i'd have to save up at least 5 more thousand dollars to get a guitar from Alembic that is nearly as good. What i want is a guitar that is versatile, sounds awesome, looks good. Im going to buy some "make your own guitar" books, and some electronics books also.
As far as pickups, i know what pickups jerry used (Dimarzio Super 2's, mostly), but whether i'll get those or not i'll decide in the future.
You do know i have a Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Combo Re-issue, don't you? Its an awesome amp, and when i gig im just going to send the preamp out to a Mcintosh through some JBL speakers and mike the speakers, i mean all fender tube amps have the same preamp circutry (sp?) so its not like im sacrificing sound there(so i can still hear myself on stage while also being miked).
I plan on getting into the custom making and all that, but do you think now is a good time to get into it, since if i fail miserably at it (which i prolly wont) im screwed since the only other electric guitar i got is my piece of crap squier...?
Right now i got my options down to
Epi LP Black Beauty 3 humbuckers ($620)
Gibson SG ($1250)
Go Custom
so basically, 3 options, and i dont think i can go seriously wrong by picking any of them, especially if i go with the stock guitars since its less risky, but its what sounds good, not the name on the neck...My concern for the SG is (from the recordings i've heard) they don't seem to be as versatile as the LP's, a little more raw than an LP is.
What im thinking is, if im going to spend over $1000, I might as well get a nice custom guitar...
Do you know about Jerry's effect loop bypasser? Its hard to explain, but i want to put that on whatever guitar i end up getting, it gives you the option to bypass any effects without turning it off, so instead of just turning it down or something, you can just switch it..i believe alembic calls it "TRS" http://www.alembic.com/info/manual_tribute.html .
What if i wanted to have a tone control for each humbucker, and a volume control for each humbucker (considering im going to have 3), making it a total of 6, is that easy to put in too?