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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on December 10, 2019 at 6:25am

Easier to visualize if you included pics. define hardtail, do you mean a 3 string bridge? fyi, all guitars without a tremelo are hardtail? The reason for lid clearance doesn't have anything to do with pickups, it allows for acoustic vibration across the box, making it louder? 

Permalink Reply by James Pobog on December 10, 2019 at 7:18am

Yep, a 3-string metal bridge. So, of it were to be only electric, I don't need clearance, but if it were to be played either way, have a slight gap?

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on December 10, 2019 at 8:15am

I'm saying that whether it has a pickup or not , it needs clearance between the lid? The box is thick enough to handle that bridge? Maybe you might check out some Del Puckett videos, he covers some of these basic topics?

Permalink Reply by James Pobog on December 10, 2019 at 8:22am

Cool. Thx.

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on December 10, 2019 at 8:43am

He covers it here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VN5yNCWMr_E

Permalink Reply by MadGomer on December 10, 2019 at 8:59am

BrianQ is leading you down a good path. Clearance between the lid and the neck really isn't a concern if you don't intend to play it acoustically. As you raise the neck to have your fretboard above the lid and high enough for the strings to clear the pup by an appropriate amount, your bridge will need to be taller too, so depending on what kind of bridge they include with the kit you may need to rework that or build one on your own.

Permalink Reply by James Pobog on December 12, 2019 at 8:40am

Using this one, with a wickedbucker-type pup with matching cover.

Permalink Reply by James Pobog on December 13, 2019 at 3:44am

Finished the dummy neck last night. It's gonna really help setting things up.