Working on an unholy abomination of a diy instrument and I’m planning on using the hardware from an electric guitar I got for free at a yard sale. I already took a deep dive into pickup construction and wiring, but the explanation for where they put them on the guitar mostly in guitar player jargon and I’m not sure if that translates to this.
Basic questions, why are there 3 pickups? Why is one behind where you strum and the other two up front? Is there an ideal placement for different sounds?
Any help would be appreciated, I’m not much of a musician, and this is really just a silly project just to see if I can do it but anything worth doing is worth overdoing and I like the chance to learn.
The tricky thing about this is I’m not actually building a guitar, I’m just salvaging the guts of one to make an electric hurdy gurdy. Far as I can tell it’s never been done, all the electric gurdys I’ve found use piazo pickups tucked into an acoustic body.
My current plan is to extend the neck to the wheel and put a hollow so I can freely slide the pickups back and fourth. Then when I find where I like them I’ll just make a cap that locks then in.