Dylanwad

That nice! Bargain. I was pleasantly suprised by the Keiper, I didn't expect much for the price but it's not bad at all.

I think they're made in China for a German company. Your right about the f-holes, they have 3 different Les Paul type guitars, one of them has a different bridge and f-holes. I think they call it the jazz model.

So its better to hit a killswitch than a pickup selector switch The killswitch will be a push button and will only stand out a few millimeters and will be pretty much impossible to accidentaly press. For me, when strumming my hand always knoks the toggle (in the original position), and since the switch goes from side to side its the worst possible switch in the worst place for me! Sorry, I should of exlpained my self better.

Thanks Curtis. The plan is to move the toggle down by the knobs and to put the killswitch in the original toggle position up top. I'm doing it that way round cause I keep hitting the toggle accidentaly when I play! I stripped the original parts today, taking the knobs off revealed some damage by one of the pots but hopefully the new ones will be large enough to cover it. It also looks like the machine heads have sunk into the laquer and left an imprint.

I recently bought a Keiper Les Paul copy with the intention of customizing it. The original plan was to re paint it matallic blue but I actually quite like the finish so I'm going to keep the paint as it is. I'm going to replace all the hardware with black versions, locking machine heads, tele style knobs, straplocks, Graph Tech nut and saddles, relocate the toggle, add a killswitch, pickup covers, stain the fretboard black and re finsh the headstock with a custom design. I was also going to replace the pickups but as it turns out they sound ok. In fact, the whole guitar is pretty good considering it only cost me £36 (+£15 postage)! I realize this isn't like building from scratch (I am in awe of so many of the guitars you guys are building) but I'm excited to finally be doing this, it's been on my mind for too long! It's the first guitar I've bought since 1992 (my Ibanez RG550 is still going strong even if it does look a bit battered these days!) and it feels wierd that I'm going to take it to bits! Right, I'm off. I'll keep you posted.

Hi there, Just a quick message to say hello. I've been readng the site for about a week now and have managed to find out more or less everything I need to know about how to sort my upcoming project. Very informative!