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  12. Les Paul Build

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    Fantastic build !!!

    Obviously you've done this before, right ??

    Yes, it's my 2nd LP, and 5th guitar build :D

    Is it too heavy ?? I chambered mine for tone, but also because the african mahogany I used was too heavy.

    yes it is a guitar for real men :D

    around 9 lbs now, i still need to remove wood from control cavity so it will be a little lighter B)

    Maybe I missed. Did you mention what color you're after ??

    the color will be wine/cherry red, something like that :/

  21. Les Paul Build

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    I thought that you would have located the bridge and tailpiece, and drilled holes for their studs, before routing the bridge pickup cavity. That way the bridge pickup is the exact distance away from the saddles that you want it to be. Maybe you just marked for the bridge with a pencil line and located the bridge pickup cavity from there. Obviously, you are a lot more experienced at this than I, but I was just wondering how you went about locating the bridge pickup cavity.

    don't worry every thing is marked before :D

  22. Les Paul Build

    in In Progress and Finished Work

    Posted · Edited by The Truth

    here is the procedure...

    one tip and trick on gluing fingerboard to neck:

    drill 2 holes (1 mm) on through 1st and last fret slot:

    http://i38.tinypic.com/2e4m69e.jpg

    http://i36.tinypic.com/faohdy.jpg

    after that put fingerboard on right position with 12" radius block:

    http://i33.tinypic.com/x3d5ba.jpg

    http://i35.tinypic.com/zogkqv.jpg

    after that put 2 small nails, 1 mm through little holes, and remove their heads:

    http://i37.tinypic.com/15s0eh5.jpg

    http://i34.tinypic.com/v5lw21.jpg

    http://i37.tinypic.com/dgm59l.jpg

    remove fingerboard so nils stay in mahogany:

    http://i34.tinypic.com/14c9ztd.jpg

    after that cut nail to 1,5 mm, so you can put fret on slot:

    http://i37.tinypic.com/9k2gsy.jpg

    put the glue on neck:

    http://i37.tinypic.com/1yama9.jpg

    i made myself 1 more 12" radius block so my pressure is same on every inch of fingerboard:

    http://i37.tinypic.com/wqon6o.jpg

    gluing the fingerboard:

    fm2wsh.jpg

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