Camper Guitar - Why have 1 when you can have 2

The quad coil pickup area is ready for business

This is the second post in this series on my blog.
First part: Someday I Will Own a Guitar That Looks Like a Camper

This was a busy weekend but I still had time to do some modifications to the guitar.  I started out expanding the bridge pickup cavity so that it could hold two humbuckers instead of one.  I drew out the area that needed routing and I used my plunge router to make some room.  It's a little rough so I will need to do some sanding.  On the bright side, this section will be completely hidden by a sheet metal racing stripe down the center.  This will give some nice style and remove the need for finding custom pickup rings to hold the quad coil.  Another benefit is it will create the top portion of the shielding as well.

Sweet metal plate I found on the original camper

The other feature I added this weekend was the dual output jack area.  I needed a custom plate and I found yet another part to harvest off of the original Camper.   It has a nice vintage look plus the words Higher Voltage always help.   I will have to cut it down and get the holes drilled in the plate itself.  I will also be sanding down the area so the plate will be flush with the body.

For now I have the two holes drilled in the side into the cavity.  I mentioned in the earlier post that I want stereo output on this guitar.  The Acoustic pickups section will go out one jack and the humbuckers will go out the other.  This will give me the ability to blend the sound of 2 amps and get a nice effect.  This is not the first guitar to have multiple outputs.  Gretch introduced a guitar that has a splitting of the upper strings from the lower ones.  You can read and see more about it in this article.   My friend Kirk also has a stereo Wurlitzer guitar.  This guitar uses one output jack that can have a stereo or a mono cable plugged into it.  It has an A - B knob that lets you control the blend of both pickups.   Both are ingenious ideas and a different twist that you often don't see on most guitars today.

That's it for this post.  Happy modding everybody!

Getting closer with more cavity space and a location for the output jacks