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Link to the Video. http://www.tenaciousd.com/video/tributefullvid_300.asx

something concerning my questions?! Well, couple of thoughts. The idea of a run-up tot he big one is a good idea. You will figure quicly which tools you need/lack. I thought I was ready when I bought wood, but then I found I was short on skills with the tools. So I have built a few needed items around the house, learned to laminate and scarf and other things that will come in handy. I've made tables so I could practice using s spokeshave, and keeping them planes and chisels sharp. Also, do a few google searches for "hollow body Les Paul" and eventualy you will find a photo of a gibson "chambered" semi-hollow-body Lew Paul that you could use as a temple for routing out the body. Also, you could buy Les Paul plans at steward-mac. ... I also bought templates for the 59 Les Paul from Stew Mac.

Its funny, doesn't the Hiscock book start with a Les Paul Style set, angled neck and a carved top? The Second one is the tele-style, maple neck.

Brazilian Cherry - Jatoba http://www.exoticwoods.com/WD-SPECS-DESCR/...R/discript.html This says it will take a shine, other books say nay. I say I'm gonna find out.

I aquired most of the stuff that I needed. Using ebay, I was able to shave about $100 off the $360 that I estimated it would take. Its going to be a "Les Paul" style guitar. I bought the "plans" for the 1959 from StewMac and I am going to cut the templates first. Oh and someone asked me to post the wood. Well, truth be told I couldn't hold out and I started to cut the laminates for the neck blank. I am going to have a Brazilian Cherry "core" and a maple "outside" for the neck, with the body being a laminate of 3 layers of Brazilian Cherry. Its going to be one "heavy" guitar. The wood has a density comparable to ebony, with a hardness to match. I have enough for at least two guitars, so this will be the first. I've decided against the lacewood top on the first go round. The wood cuts and sands well. All the references say it won't finish very smoothly, but I am holding out hope. So... I'll be in the garage all day...

Yeah! You can get it shipped US Mail to Poland.

$12.45 from Stewart MacDonald

A friend of mine just paid just about $1600 for a Carvin with darn near every option. http://apps.carvin.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ulti...ic;f=1;t=010291 That links to the discussion of it. For a custom/production that's a great value.

Resetting my question with a bad joke: From a comedy routine I heard on XM Comedy: "Why isn't every combo that Taco Bell serves called a 'Number Two Special'" ba da bump!

I'm looking for a wiring diagram for some Gibson OBL Thrasher Blade Humbucker pickups that I just got on ebay. Also, I'd like to find some data on how to test these (other than tossing them into my washburn). I saw the Bill Lawerence site, but I don't think he makes this product (anymore). So I would like to find the OBL homepage. Barring that, good jokes are appreciated.

Stewart McDonald has LP plans for $12.73. I ordered them, and it answered nearly all my neck pocket, head-stock angle questions. The rest were answered in the forum or in Hiscock's book.

Kinkos! www.kinkos.com upload and then have them print it for you!

Based on what I read here: http://www.gretschpages.com/models/ I would bet against it being a Gretsch. I'm thinking Epiphone too.

Well, I guess I need to add mounting rings. Nice catch, thanks. I have not really decided between set vs. bolt on. I think set-on would be ... "harder" than bolt on. I'd like to do set in, but I figure I should have the mounting plate on hand just in case I decide to go the other way when I have the parts on the wood. I checked most of the parts and saw they (mostly) come with screws. The rest I can get at a couple of places around me that are good for small specialty screws.

So, I've decided to build a guitar. I saw this as sort of a "4 part" program, first I will build one of those saga kits (tele, for my daughter) so I can get used to setting up the nut, "seating" the neck and doing all those "fine" adjustments that make the difference between a guitar and a door stop. Next a solid body, Les Paul type, then a semi-hollow body es335 type, then a Archtop. In the process I have already aquired all the books on guitar making I think I need. I have: Making an Archtop Guitar - Robert Benedetto The Guitar Handbook - Ralph Denyer Guitarmaking - William R. Cumpiano Building Electric Guitars - Martin Koch Make your own Electic Guitar and Bass - Dennis Waring Constructing a Solid-Body Guitar - Roger Siminoff I have been making furniture and cabinets as a hobby for a while. I have the table saw, bandsaw, jointer, router, router table (all in a 6 X10 space... don't ask) and I have glued up laminates before (hence, the jointer), so I have a bunch of clamps. So, along the way I mentioned my plan to my well intentioned brother. He tricked me into a trip to the lumber yard and before I knew it he had purchased 22 board feet of Courbaril and 6 board feet of maple and 8 board feet of lacewood for me for my birthday. All these fine pieces (I think they are all AA stock) have wonderful, wonderful tones. So, I think I have enough wood to build a guitar. 3 or 4 if I cut well. The revised plan now starts with a LP style guitar. All the wood is 3/4 thick, so my thought is to cut three 19"X15" sections and then have them machined to a uniform thickness of 5/8th (I know my limits). Once I have these, I can then laminate (glue) three of them together, 2 Courbaril and one lacewood. I know the "usual" method is to use the lacewood as a veneer, but in this case, I will have a true lacewood top. Around this, I will have a maple veneer around the sides. Then I will laminate the neck from the maple and Courbaril, maple on the outside. So the maple will "blend" into the maple veneer on the sides. I'd like it to be an archtop, so I plan on hand planing the top down 1/4 in a slope "leading" from the center. Okay, so now my questions. 1. I have seen pictures of a "semi-hollow body" Les Paul on the net - I was lucky enough to grab it. But with these dense woods, so I want to hollow it out, or do I will be happier with the sustain that a solid body will give me? 2. Any problems with my thought of using a solid top instead of laminating it on? 3. I have noticed that Les Paul's have an angled neck. Is this a 3 degree neck? Does anyone have routing templates for the neck/heel joint? 4. What's the angle of the peghead? Is this 17 degrees? 5. How about the radius of the fret board, 12' good for a tune-o-matic type bridge? 6. Is there an "archtop" template, or plans that show where the "arch" starts in relation to the center for a Les Paul type body? 7. Costs: http://24.199.10.118/guitarcosts This is a spreadsheet of the cost of all the parts. Every guitar book I have starts with "have all the parts before hand", so my thought was to list everything. Being the "detail orienteed" person I am, I went a little further and listed the prices, catalogs and part numbers. Have I missed anything? I did not include glue (I have that) and finishing materials. I am thinking blue dyed top, courbaril and maple get "natural" finishes. Any input, thoughts, help/better deals you can lead me to will be appreciated. Thanks.