Osorio Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Another Lester, Mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, flamed maple top, gotoh tuners and bridge, Seymour Duncan pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Updating the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Looking great, good to see a clamping board being used on the fretboard glue down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Looking good, what kind of finish are you going for with the cream parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessejames Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Looks great so far! How are you going to cover that tearout on the lower bout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buter Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 And the award for the fewest clamps ever used to attach a fretboard on this forum goes to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 And the award for the fewest clamps ever used to attach a fretboard on this forum goes to... #%&! missed it by ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Why the full width tenon? Will the back be painted? Easier for the neck angle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 full width tenon's make a lot of sense. looking at the pics you certainly cant say it will be lacking enough glueing surface! Its easier to fit, it will also allow the possibility for more heel shaping if osorio chooses to go that way. I also prefer the tone a little bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 full width tenon's make a lot of sense. looking at the pics you certainly cant say it will be lacking enough glueing surface! Its easier to fit, it will also allow the possibility for more heel shaping if osorio chooses to go that way. I also prefer the tone a little bit But you lose the side support wood and the neck joint will show from the side. If you're not painting the guitar, I find that a full width tenon isn't as pretty, but it is a little easier if you have to angle the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 you still have more than enough side support - especially with a long full width tenon. compare it to the average prs style guitar - its loads more this is a lp style built by feline guitars: i like the way he does his neck joins - the full width tenon allows this extra shaping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 similar on this and i quite like the side view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 similar on this and i quite like the side view I agree, that is very nice. Do major manufacturers makes their LP neck joint this way? Seems like a faster, more simple method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA or death Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 you still have more than enough side support - especially with a long full width tenon. compare it to the average prs style guitar - its loads more this is a lp style built by feline guitars: i like the way he does his neck joins - the full width tenon allows this extra shaping That's how I did mine. There was a guy on here a few years ago that did it this way and I really liked it. Here is the build thread My link This is something Gibson needs to look into, as I'm sure nobody likes that bulky neck heel they sport. Nice work Osorio, looking forward to the progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hello guys I usually do the tenon in this way, more PRS than Gibson for a few reasons. First it has a greater gluing surface area, which in my opinion makes a stronger joint, and I believe that it increases the propagation of sound by improving the sustain of the instrument. Myth? I don´t know but it works fine and sounds great at the end! Second it is easier to build, and that way I can do a confort line on neck heel , see the topic of Lespaul Paul Gold Top that I build some time ago. About the few clamps to attach the board, think that its enough, I will clamping until de glue squezes when it stops I stop too, till today all fretboards are in the rigth place! kekeek Seeya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DogNate Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Looks like you are doing a fine job... Still waiting for you to do some thing of your own and not a look a like... Teles and Les Pauls and Strats get kinda boring. Your build quality is clean enough for you to do your own thing. (I say this to encourage you to start thinking as a designer+bulider rather than a copy+builder. You have the skills now take it somewhere new.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Thanks 3Dog for your words! I Don´t think that making copies it´s kinda boring, I love wood working for me it´s far to be boring. I think in do someting new and mine some day, but for now, build copies it´s a way to learn more and more, till I find the exctlay design and building method to do my own model of instruments. It´s difficult do find a design when you like many and diferent things, the new, the old, traditional and the untraditional. Gather all this things in one original concept it´s a very very hard way. When I start think and draw, most of times I finish by deleting all corel draw files that I created. It seems that all the great shapes of bodies and headstocks had been created. Sure I don´t have thinking enough to had a big inspiration, may it come some day, or not! Anyway thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Updating the pictures. So the arch top is done and so the binds too. The fret board is redy do fretwork. Still missing the side dots, thats the reason that I didnt glue the neck yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Sanding work begins, this mess of glue no longer existis!! keke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 You need to find a better router bit, or a better tape brand, cause you've got a pretty decent amount of gap-age in your binding. Also, keeping the binding that far above the body height when gluing it up probably doesn't help either. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I know that details Chris, in the next i´ll try a diferente gluing metods keep in mind your comments. Thanks anyway. When paint the burst this marks will disapear with a little dark paint in that point. Still learning ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DogNate Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 You need to find a better router bit, or a better tape brand, cause you've got a pretty decent amount of gap-age in your binding. Also, keeping the binding that far above the body height when gluing it up probably doesn't help either. Chris Yeah that binding ledge is nasty lookin... I was doing binding all weekend with the basic Stew Mac bit and got perfect results... I've no idea what you used to make that binding ledge... but whatever it is destroy it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I know that its far to be good, but let´s see the final result wtih a burst paint. I use a bearing route to do that, but I gues that the body contour isn´t complete plain to route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DogNate Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) Were you using a hand held router? Those carved tops need some jiggery to keep the bit vertical at all times... luckily the guitars like the Les Paul have flat backs so it's pretty easy ... Check this link for a VERY simple jig to make your binding channels turn out very nice on carved top (Flat back instruments like a Les Paul. http://theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/2009/03/binding-part-2.html'>http://theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/2009/03/binding-part-2.html http://theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/ Edited January 24, 2011 by 3DogNate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Another option is to tke your measurements and route the channel before you start the carve. I've got faith in his work though. I'm betting everything will look great by the time he's done. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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