gpcustomguitars Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 I should wait until it's finished, but...well... Some specs: one piece sapele body plain maple top, quartersawn, bookmatched by hand (ouch) very light mahogany neck, 3-piece, maple headstock veneer ebony fboard XL neck tennon hot rod 2 x P90 by WSC diamond inlayed on headstock, hand-cut shell I bought on vacation, 3 eur a piece Still have to taper the neck, radius the fboard, do the frets, cut the rest of the inlay stuff etc... Intended finish is faded honeyburst, nitro. More pics soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 (edited) Hey man! that looks REALLY cool! Cant wait to see it all finished! Luke Ps- you like your P90's dont you They are great pickups- highly underrated, imho. So you're not going for the gold top? Edited October 11, 2004 by LukeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Very nice qp ! Can't wait to see the rest of the pictures ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Thanks guys! Luke: yes, I'm a big fan of P-90s, they have the thicker tone and the single coil bite, just right I was thinking of doing the gold top, even got the gold for it , but decided to try some sort of a burst - what I have in mind is closer to teaburst then honey, but we'll see if I can pull that off... Next one will be a goldtop for sure, perhaps with some mini hums if I can dig a few up. I should have mentioned this in the previous post, but better late then never - BIG THANKS to Mr. John Catto for great LP templates and explaining the top angles!!!!! Some more pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gpcustomguitars Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 ...and one more! The neck is not glued at this point, that was just test-fitting. And yes, I WILL clean up the shop...eventually BTW, all binding is hand cut strips of ABS, sourced from places that pre-cut MDF and such, and also do the binding of those pieces - I got a few meters of it for just a few $, and it's 2mm thick and 18mm wide. Body strips are acetoned, and fboard and headstock are CA'd. BR Goran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Thats soooo class, P-90's kick my ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Looks promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-Murray Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 What's tapering?? I've heard of tapering FB's and necks, but I never know. I gotta learn sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Hey, very nice LP!! Now, I gotta pick your brain as I am starting to build one How did you do your carve? I was going to do mine with a router, stair step style then sand it all, I dont really want to use a chisel and rasps and all, as i dont trust myself that much Any tips or anything? Mine will be a bolt on neck, not a set so just anything with the body will be great!! Thanks! Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Bill - thats just it - I didn't taper the neck blank as yet, because that gives me 2 parallel surfaces to use with my vise, and also prevents marring. When I do everything else, I'll cut off the excess and then shape the neck. Curtis - click on the second line of my sig and you'll find a lot more photos of the same guitar. I carve the bulk of the top using a router held in a home made holder (also on those pics), by sliding the material under it. By placing strips of MDF of right thickness under the body, I can route 3 main planes of the top, then route a 1' wide "road" almost all the way around the body (BUT NOT ALL THE WAY, CHECK PICS), leaving desired thicknes of the maple top. If you want, you can route some more steps on the top, but I take it by hand from there, with 10mm Ibex and scrapers - on this top there was no sanding so far. I also added a slight recurve. You can check your carving by using shadow and some cardboard templates... BR Goran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Thanks for the info!!!!! Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 A few more: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Fretting is next, hopefully tomorrow. BR Goran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nouseforone Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 hey im also making a LP type guitar, are you using a TOM bridge with tailpiece?if so you got any pics of the neck pockets because i need an idea of how to angle my neck...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Nice work so far... one comment on the body. I think that the top of the carve needs more detail, it's too square, the LP is like a wave! it goes up and down. Like electric waves, LP is a sine wave while yours look a bit like a square one! keep the pics coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Nouseforone: Yes, it will have the standard hardware. Neck pocket is angled to be paralel (sp?) with the neck angle planed onto the top. If this sounds clumsy, just click on the second line of my sig and see all the photos. Basically, you plane the neck angle on the top and then use that as a base for your router. You need to draw the side wiev. Maiden: thanks! Yes, it still needs a lot of sanding, but not too much, as I'm going with the flatter top, like on the old 'bursts. More pics soon, I was hoping to do the frets today, even made a caul for pressing them in (didn't try that before), but my day job got in way ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Some more work done: frets are in, leveled, and neck was tapered and somewhat shaped. I didn't glue it in as yet, just wanted to see what it looks like. BTW pic is not very good because I took it with my mobile phone... BR Goran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 the headstock inlay really reminds me of Epiphone Its comin along great!!! I started building mine as well!! Well, i got some hunks of wood, lol Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Looking pretty slick Goran - nice work on the inlay. I look forward to seeing the burst, how do you plan on applying it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted October 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Thanks Setch! Glad you like it! Your LP tutorial was a major inspiration, and helped in many ways. I still have to finish shapeing the neck, glue it in, drill the jack cavity and route for back covers, then it's sanding. I'll use filler for back and sides. Still wondering how far to go with sanding paper - 600, 800? I was thinking about sealing the wood with nitro, then some very weak coloured coats (yellow, perhaps a drop of red or brown, will have to test on scrap), applying a few more coats around, rather than adding darker stain - I hope it will give that faded look. Any ideas? Then clear, etc... It will be sprayed, I haven't tested my HVLP yet. Cheers, Goran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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