PunkRockerLuke Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) OK I'm going to be building my version of a les paul (the orginal guitar I was working on played humpty dumpty and had a great fall off the workbench) My idea is to use a strat length (25.5") fretboard (cocobolo) on the guitar. Is this a good idea and would it work without me having to lengthen the body? PARTS LIST cocobolo fretboard ( thanks Rick500) fretwire truss rod stewmac neck blank 19" X 14" X 2" maple wood ( actually will be two 19" X 7" X 2" pieces of maple glued up.) 2 GFS Crunchy PAF HOT humbuckers badass style bridge ( thanks METALMATT) chrome tuners cocobolo knobs ( thanks Rick500) LP style toggle selector switch 2 250k pots capacitors copper shielding tape cocobolo humbucker mounting rings ( thanks bentwood999) control cavity cover screws for control cavity cover thin cocobolo for wood truss rod cover ( thanks Rick500) screws for truss rod cover nut strap buttons + screws And my finish will most likely be some sort of furniture stain or tung oil Edited July 21, 2007 by PunkRockerLuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Don't forget: nut screws for truss rod cover and control cavity cover strap buttons w/ screws output jack string-through ferrules, front and back if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted July 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 output jack is already aquired along with a plate from GFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted July 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I plan on ordering my PAF pickups either from the GFS store or a GFS ebay auction. Which PAF from GFS would you guys reccomend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axxion Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 any would be good. but i would go out and buy original gibson pickups for your les paul. I have never found a pickup with more clarity than those found on stock SG's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwood999 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 axxion those are some ok pickups in sg,s Ever try www.crcoils.com awesome pickups if ya wanna make that sg sing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted July 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I decided to go with GFS crunchy PAF HOT Chrome pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 My idea is to use a strat length (25.5") fretboard (cocobolo) on the guitar. Is this a good idea and would it work without me having to lengthen the body? You don't have to lengthen the body. But remember that on most stock electrics, the neck intersects the body at the 16th fret. So you will have to move your bridge toward the tail end to match up with that longer scale. If you don't want to do that, then you're looking at having a 17th fret neck-body join, which will put your bridge closer to a standard LP position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Thanks erikbojerik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted July 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 UPDATE I got Rick500's cocobolo fretboard, TR cover blank, knob blank and a LP plan is the mail yesterday. To quote davisguitars own words. I have to wait til school starts to have a guitar builder as well as teacher Mr. Fudge(whose real name DG forgot) to get it slotted. But that leaves me time to find poplar big enough for the body and maple big enough for the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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