Maher

no there are lots of other good fingerboard material

Jigsaw/Bandsaw Router A good chishel

Hi, What length timber do i need for a gibson style set neck will 30"x4"x2" be ok? also wont routing pick up cavaties weakin the neck joint? and with the 2" thickness of the neck will i be able to get the 13o head stock angle? Btw, i imagine i will be posting a hell of alot of question, should i keep them all in this thread? that way you can see my whole process of making

give me the hebejebeses

looking great! more pics!

I found out gibson use 2a flame maple i thought they would have used much better stuff than that, anyway does anyone in the UK know where i can get 1" Flamed maple cap? and anywhere i can get a 1 piece mahogany body blank for under £35?

Thanks for your help so far i will hopefully getting 1" book matched Flame Maple, but what grade shall i get 3a? 4a? 5a?, what goes gibson use on there Les Paul standards? and how much should i expect to pay for this ill check gibsons website maybe i find out there. also, does anyone know where i can see a detailed tutorial on making a set neck guitar? One more question: How do i finish a fingerboard? do you leave it natural, or oil it it somthing? im having a Ebony FB if that helps. thank you guys. LeeM

see the price of them!

£1.20 where i got them

I dont have any plans as yet , (if anyone has got some please PM me) About the veneer, are you saying i cant put a veneer on a carved body? flamed maple cap is quite expensive, but if thats what i need thats what o need, im not making any cut backs on this project, everything is going to be the best i can do

anyone like some cake.....

ahhhh ! i just bought 5 bottles of blue food coloring

Hello guys ive decided to go ahead and make a LP DC , i decided on this for a few reasons- overall the Gibson LP is my favourite guitar, i like is look and i love its sounds, but i dont like the fret access i find it differcult to access the higher register. so i think a LP with a double cutaway is the perfect way to go Alot of you guys are very expirenced with building instrumenst and i know i can learn a great deal from you, so i am asking you to look over my specs and give me your bruterly honest opinion here it goes: Body: Carved Mahogany Body with a Flame Maple Veneer White binding Neck: Mahogany neck Set Neck Ebony FingerBoard MoP Trapezoid inlays 22 fret white binding Head stock: Orginal Les paul type headstock "Mayer" (my last name) MoP inlay logo Gibson Custom Diamond MoP Ebony Veneer White binding Finish: Gibsons "Manhatten Midnight" Flame maple top back and sides of body stained blue, neck also stained blue. Electronics: Seymour Duncan 59's Mini Toggle switch Hardware: All chrome hard ware Tune o matic bridge (with fine tuners) and locking tuners. This is what i have so far, can you please give you opinions

Litch I like your stuff dude, and i like seeing your work progress and i have learned alot from you and and others feedback, so keep building and keep posting pics!

i have the same problem as you, should i buy or make one... but im going to make one, it will be hard work but if it all goes to plan i will have what i want for less than i could buy it for and you have somthing to be proud of

Does anyone have the Les paul Turbo cad file? please send me it i really need it thanks

I dont have no great skills but im going to take this project very slow so im 110% with it when its done

the thing is i lovea Les pauls tones , but i find it hard to get access to the higher register but im not a fan of the clean tones on it, where as on i strat i love the clean tones but by putting 59' humbuckers in there i will proberly lose that clean tone, but i like a humbucker dist sound. i may also be buying a Gibson les paul

any chance of some recordings?

hmmmmm.... is this beter? http://www.villagephotos.com/viewpubimage....selected=875334

Hey Guys, What should i make next, a Double cutaway Les paul, or a Strat type guitar. http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=875334

thanks for your help , but i have some veneer all ready so i was thinking i may aswell use this, so is it possible?

anyone?

look real nice cant wait to see the red finish

i might use a jnr bridge on my les paul double cutaway im making, whats the pros and cons of usuing it over the tun o matic type bridge? thanks lee