killemall8 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 (edited) how do they make solidbody les pauls without tops? how do the rout from the switch to both hum cavities and to the control cavity? and are solid les pauls chambered? or do they just have a mahogany back, and a mahogany top too match and cover the chambering? i am currently working on a archtop les paul that is very heavy and was wondering how to chamber it. gess its pretty obvious the only options. please let me know all of you knowedge! like this: Edited May 25, 2007 by killemall8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 long drill bits. If I'm not mistaken (and I may be) they even do this if there's a top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 (edited) long drill bits. If I'm not mistaken (and I may be) they even do this if there's a top. well all of the ones i have seen have a rout uner the top like the one in this pic on the right that goes all the way through the cavities. http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb262/k...templates-1.jpg Edited May 24, 2007 by killemall8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 All carved top Les Pauls have a mahogany back and either a mahogany or maple top that's separate from the back of the guitar. They do this so they can do the standard routing and weight relief. Non-carved top models just have a big tunnel drilled from the output jack all the way up to the pickup selector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyManAndy Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) Have you read Melvyn Hiscock's book? I highly suggest getting it and reading it thoroughly (check here: http://gettextbooks.com/search/?isbn=09531...amp;Submit1=Go). It will answer so many of your questions involving the basic aspects of solid body guitar building. Oh, and you should be posting your questions in the "Solid Body Guitar and Bass Chat" since they have nothing to do with an in progress or finished work of yours. God Bless, CMA Edited May 25, 2007 by CrazyManAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted May 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) Have you read Melvyn Hiscock's book? I highly suggest getting it and reading it thoroughly (check here: http://gettextbooks.com/search/?isbn=09531...amp;Submit1=Go). It will answer so many of your questions involving the basic aspects of solid body guitar building. Oh, and you should be posting your questions in the "Solid Body Guitar and Bass Chat" since they have nothing to do with an in progress or finished work of yours. God Bless, CMA sorryabout that , i know i diddnt mention anything about in progress work, but that is why i asked, because i am working on a archtop les paul and i was wondering how you could get a 1 piece body to be lighter or how 1 piece bodies are chambered. sorry. Edited May 25, 2007 by killemall8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyManAndy Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Have you read Melvyn Hiscock's book? I highly suggest getting it and reading it thoroughly (check here: http://gettextbooks.com/search/?isbn=09531...amp;Submit1=Go). It will answer so many of your questions involving the basic aspects of solid body guitar building. Oh, and you should be posting your questions in the "Solid Body Guitar and Bass Chat" since they have nothing to do with an in progress or finished work of yours. God Bless, CMA sorryabout that , i know i diddnt mention anything about in progress work, but that is why i asked, because i am working on a archtop les paul and i was wondering how you could get a 1 piece body to be lighter or how 1 piece bodies are chambered. sorry. It's no biggy. I was just saying that, since none of the threads you've got going have to do with a particular project (that you've posted about), they should go into a different section. About making a one-piece lighter, well you can't. You have to have a top if you plan on chambering it. There are different chambering techniques to be found. The simplest is removing most of the wood but only leaving enough on the edge and a block in the middle for the bridge and the pickups to attach to. Then you put a top on. It can be the same type of wood or different, whatever you want. Here is a design like that: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=27131 BTW, Gibson LP's aren't chambered and most of them have maple tops, not mahogany tops. If you already have a one-piece body with the top carved (that must be a thick body blank), you could alternatively take some wood off of the back, chamber it from the backside, and put a top over the back. CMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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