I am a little late to getting this thread started because I started this project about 8 months ago and just took a 4 month long break (the first 4 months very very leisurely work.) Anyways. So i had the idea a while back to build a mandolin shaped like a Les Paul, and decided i would name it the "Less Paul".
this is the neck a few months ago(the story with the body in the background is that i wanted to do binding so i routed the channel, and then i didn't want binding anymore... so)
This is the blank for the new body that has been already cut out and is going to the planer tomorrow. I will post pics then