Eastwood Doubleneck……….

[Grog]

My first choice for pickups, (as of now) an eight wire Les Paul low impedance bass pickup. On the guitar side, a low impedance guitar pickup for the neck pickup. Then a high impedance Les Paul Recording pickup from the 2013 reissue for the bridge pickup. I had some low to high impedance transformers I picked up a year ago off of ebay, they didn't work well. About half the output of a Shure inline transformer. I ordered two vintage transformers from old Shure bullet mics. They showed up today & worked as I had hoped. I hope to install a transformer on each of the two low impedance pickups, then wire the volume & tone like a standard high impedance guitar. The next step will be to bench test that.......

[Grog]

Change of plans........ I'm going to install a set of Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups on the guitar side. I bought a bridge pickup & it is here. Will be installing a TB+ neck pickup from a Les Paul Oversized bass on the bass side. It is humbucker sized. Waiting on a few parts, but mostly a humbucker template for my router. Going this way should reduce the weight a bit. Also, I would still be able to re-rout it for the larger low impedance pickups down the road if I choose. The three low impedance pickups are likely more valuable than the guitar. I plan to strip everything off of the guitar in a couple days.

[gearHed289]

That seems like a good place to start.

[Grog]

It's lighter now!! When the template & final parts show up, I'll be ready to make chips...........

[gearHed289]

You're giving me ideas I shouldn't be getting!

[Grog]

The pickup cavity routing is done. Should be able to mount the pickups & start wiring when the pickup screws come tomorrow.........

[Grog]

Did a portion of the wiring today, just have the stacked pots & jacks left to wire.

[gearHed289]

Looking good!

[Grog]

Wiring is done, everything seems to test ok. Next step, put it back together. Bought a set of Chromes for the bass side, Ernie Ball Super Slinky for the guitar side. The Chinese strings that came with it didn't cut it........

[Grog]

The guitar went together as planned everything worked like I hoped it would except for the hookup to the amps. My plan was to run both bass & guitar through two separate Boss WL-20 wireless systems into the Boss LS-2. "A" from guitar side to the guitar amp, "B" from the bass side to the bass amp. Hit the switch once, play guitar side through a guitar amp. Hit the switch again, play the bass through a bass amp. The LS-2 didn't work for that application. I dug around through my stash & found a Boss FS-6 that I never had any use for before. It worked fine, with the exception that you have to shut one switch off before you turn the other switch on. I will be on the hunt for an A-B switch that will switch the guitars & amps in one hit.

[Grog]

It bothered me that the LS-2 pedal wouldn't do what I hoped it would do. This is one of the most versatile switching pedals I have ever com across. It has done anything I ever wanted. I have three. I actually looked at the manual, nothing..... It needs to have something in the input to even turn it on and a the output goes to the amp. I wondered what would happen if I bypassed the input to the output with a short chord......... IT Worked!! The A & B Return jacks are too close together to plug in the two WL-20's, but that is easily remedied..........

[BTL]

That turned out great, congrats!

[Grog]

That turned out great, congrats!

Thanks! Here is the current foot switch setup.....

[Grog]

Explanation of controls on guitar.........
       Stacked Volume - Bottom Bass / Top Guitar
       Stacked Tone.    - Bottom Bass / Top Guitar
       Guitar Jack.       - Closest to Tone / Both Guitar & Bass signal out of this jack if nothing is plugged into the Bass Jack.
       Bass Jack.         - Furthest from Tone / Separates Bass & Guitar output to individual amps.
       Mute Button.     - DTDP switch mounted in Pickguard. Mutes both Guitar & Bass at same time.

I have been happy with the results. Changed tuners to Hipshot Ultralites on the bass side. Original tuners on guitar side.
The bass pickup is real hot, I have to tune it down a bit with the volume. The Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups sound great on the guitar side.
The two Boss WL-20's are working great together. After pairing one set, the next set is supposed to find an unused channel. It has worked every time. The Boss LS-2 is also working well, one stomp switches from guitar to bass & back.
I might buy two sets of Xvive U2 Digital Wireless Guitar Systems. They come in different colors with four switchable channels. They also will fit better in the Boss LS-2, the jacks are very close together.

[Pilgrim]

Looks very clean. I like the Fender style bridge cover, too.