yes, Rio Grandes are the only non-custom option, now that Anderson doesn't make their 7-string pickups anymore, and they sound great. Duncan Custom Shop will make 7-string strat single-coils and 7-string Tele bridge and neck pickups.
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Originally Posted by ohio_eric  Also I need to find a pickguard source. |
so would you be designing those from scratch, or would USACG design them but need someone else to make them? i'm curious because the exact body shape has a lot to do with how the pickguard should be shaped. what i mean is, the outline of the pickguard won't follow the outline of the body perfectly unless that pickguard was designed for that body shape.
if there are exact universal strat body profiles, that would make designing these pickguards way easier--just use the universal dimensions. but i know for teles, there have been several slight changes to the body over the last 50 years. i designed my tele pickguard by tracing the body profile so the pickguard would follow it exactly. so i'm wondering how these pickguards could be designed to be perfect without having one of the bodies in-hand to copy the outline.