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Comment by Brent Briggs on October 11, 2016 at 5:18am

Yes indeed. That video recently went around Facebook and shortly after my inbox blew up with people wanting one. This one is for a buddy of mine who is in a band.

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on October 11, 2016 at 5:01am

Nice going, Brent!  I'm sure you've seen this, but just in case......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAMsz-DPO0

Comment by Brent Briggs on October 11, 2016 at 4:42am

That's what I am going to try first. Sort of a mount on top option. I would definitely be better off with one of the flat pickup varieties but I wanted to give a more commodity option a try first. I'll definitely throw some pics up when its finished. Even if it crashes and burns...

Comment by Fomhorach on October 11, 2016 at 4:36am

That's a beefy bit of kit. Perhaps you could mount it on wood carved to the shape of the metal but the same size as the surround. It would be solid but hard work. Personally I would use slim bolts running through metal tubing and leave the rest open.

Post a picture when it's done.

Comment by Brent Briggs on October 11, 2016 at 3:31am

I don't think I will. I will be hand soldering the pots so I will just keep the wires short. I should be able to easily secure everything out of the way using gaffing tape. That's the plan anyway. The big challenge is going to be mounting the pickup. I am going to use a quad rail humbucker.

Comment by Fomhorach on October 11, 2016 at 3:28am

Thats brave.

I have an antique bedpan that I want to turn into a slide 3 stringer but I keep putting it off until I am absolutely sure I won't end up with a pile of antique scrap.

Are you going to cover the back?