mrhahajones

On 11/15/2021 at 12:25 AM, Bizman62 said:

Welcome back! It's only fair that you finish a thread you've started to tell us later readers how your building process ended.

To me that sounds like you were using straight fretwire on a radiused fretboard. The fretwire should have a tighter radius than the fretboard to keep the ends down.

There's many ways to fix the top. Either you can add a binding to mask the edge (not so easy to carve the slot near the neck, though) or make it more like your own design by rounding over the edge. Regarding the jack, one option is to use an ElectroSocket cup and countersink that level with the notch which can then be explained to be designed for an angled plug! Looks like a good project to continue.

I took the liberty to copy your pictures on the forum to save them in case something happens to your imgur account or the service.

Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures for me! I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to post those and not just links. 

That is a great idea about the input jack though, I would have never thought of that. It’s been too long, but I thought the fretwire I bought came in straight strips, so perhaps I had used the wrong kind? 
 

If I ever get around to trying my hand at building another guitar, I will probably set my sights on something a little less ambitious.

Hey guys,

I hate to revive an 11 year old thread, but I completely forgot about making this post and stumbled upon it and felt like giving an update for those still around.

The class eventually got offered again, and I was able to go for a couple semesters. I got the majority of the work done, and wired up a spare set of electronics salvaged from a les Paul special, and it sounded sweet! I believe I copied the scale length from one of my Jackson guitars, at 25.5 inches, so it is not a true les Paul. 

Unfortunately, even though I had used a jig for cutting the fret slots, they must have wavered ever so slightly, as all of the frets went in fully in the center, and we’re coming up on the edges, every single one, so I had to pull them out, as no amount of gluing or pressing could get them to bite.

The carve in the maple top leaves a lot to be desired, as my teacher wasn’t familiar with how to do them, and just had me router the edge. It got a little low in some places, and the router bit into my output jack. I drilled one of the tuner holes a little too close towards the center (whoops), but all in all, though it looks sloppy, I am happy with how it turned out, considering that it is a first time build. I eventually hope to procure a fret slot jig and refill and recut the slots, and finish up on the body a little bit before getting it wired and finished. 
 

thanks for looking!

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Well I've taken a look at that book, but I don't have any tools or anything to get the job done =/

Well nevermind my class got cancelled

But thanks anyways; hopefully someday I'll get to building that.

I am still getting over the fact there is a college class for guitar building...

Your design sense is apples and oranges as I find the LP tone nice and warm not muddy. Choice of pickups would have a more drimatic effect than your choice of woods like using single coils. But if you feel maple is brighter then yes it would...

welcome to the forum

Sadly, it's not worth any credit

Still the most interesting class though.

Well thanks now I may just end up using mahogany for the neck wood.

Hey, I'm new to the forum here and just had a quick question.

So I'm taking a guitar building class for college and was thinking about doing a neck-through Les Paul.

This is my first build, so I don't know much about the tonewoods. I was thinking about doing a maple (with maybe another type of wood laminate) neck with a macassar ebony fretboard, mahogany body wings, and a quilted maple top.

Now, would the maple neck and top get rid of some of the "muddiness" associated with Les Pauls, or would the choice of body wings not even affect the tone that much?