SawDust_Junkie Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 (edited) OK, here are some pics of my latest project. This is a Les Paul double cut away that I am working on. The wood is White Oak (from my firewood pile in the backyard. I killed my table saw milling the wood ) and some Mahogany that got from a co-worker. I figured I had all this firewood out there, why not put some of it to use ! This is just a practice project anyway, so what the heck. Most of the wood didn't cost me anything. I cut the Oak and the Mahogany into strips, because I could not get any pieces of the Oak any larger than about 2" x 1 1/2" x 18", and then I laminated them together to make the body blank. The back is a three piece White Oak laminate. I bought the Oak at a local woodworking shop and glued it together to make the back. I also chambered the laminate top piece to reduce the weight some. I figure I will probably make a laminate neck out of Oak and Mahogany to keep the overall theme of the guitar. What do you guys think so far ? http://home.mindspring.com/~ed5/Project/IMAG0183.JPG http://home.mindspring.com/~ed5/Project/IMAG0184.JPG http://home.mindspring.com/~ed5/Project/IMAG0186.JPG Edited January 22, 2005 by Fender4me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-Murray Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Uhh, did you want your 2 horns to be even. Like symmetrical (SP)?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 LP double cuts are not symetrical. I'm pretty sure this is how he wanted it. He had a thread about it a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 jay is right Bill. The CAD drawing I have of a LP DC has the upper horn a bit more foward than the lower one. So I went to the Gibson web site and loked at them and sure enough, that's the way theirs are. So, I wanted to make it just like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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