Vinny Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Happy New Year to all, Im building a Les Paul and the diagrams (1956 I think, but no neck pic) Im working from do not show the depth of the mortise. The drawing shows a top view and give me the width and length , but not how deep to go down with my router when Im on top of the body. I hope I explained this good enough to show what Im asking here. I not going crazy trying to match any particular year LP, Im looking to make a good solid set neck and need an idea of what others have done. -Thanks Vinny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Happy New Year to all, Im building a Les Paul and the diagrams (1956 I think, but no neck pic) Im working from do not show the depth of the mortise. The drawing shows a top view and give me the width and length , but not how deep to go down with my router when Im on top of the body. I hope I explained this good enough to show what Im asking here. I not going crazy trying to match any particular year LP, Im looking to make a good solid set neck and need an idea of what others have done. -Thanks Vinny The LP plans from stew mac I have show a 1+11/32" depth route for the tenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MescaBug Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Personnaly, I prefer a full set-neck instead of the standard LP neck tenon. After doing a few tenons, I realized the full set-neck offers more stability, more tone transfer and is much easier to make and to fit properly. I leave roughly 3/8" (10mm) of wood. My Stewmac plans also shows 1-11/32". Visually, it sure looks different from a original LP when clearcoated. But if your goal is to build a good and solid set-neck, and not to replicate an exact LP this is a good alternative to the standard LP tenon. Sorry for the bad picture quality, lighting wasn't great and I'm horrible at taking pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I apperciate the fast responses, I'll post pics when it starts to look more like a guitar. -Vinny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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