dudeiferous

OK, Ive read that the neck pocket of a Les Paul should be a bit less width than the actual neck... Is this right and is it totally neccessary? How much less do you reckon? Sillly question I know Oh and cheers!

Well Ive drawn on the wood where I should cut if thats what you mean...or do you mean something that rests on the wood? Ive thought about that...

I think I am going to leave it flat. Im worried about getting the neck socket and pickup holes accurate.. gah. Using the router for this could prove hard... Theres obviuosly some technique Im missing out on Ah, just found out that the pocket should be a little narrower then the width of the fret board and neck. I suppose that is obvious Well that makes things a bit easier for a start...

Im experimenting with my router now, but in preperation for the neck pocket and pickup holes. Seems theres a lot more skill to using it accurately than I first invisaged! Ofcourse Im trying it out on scraps of wood first.... It is something of a brutal machine to say the least....hmm Maybe I should expirement with a chisel for this...or is that simply barmy?

Oh man, your first guitar? Thats looking awesome! Work of art, seriously. Something tells me mine wont be in the same league

Im not sure, it depends on what I can get hold of I suppose. For the neck Ive thought about getting more Sapelle? and the fingerboard Im not sure...I love the feel of ebony but its black colour is a bit boring I think, so I havent decided yet. Maybe something a bit unusual, like the Sappelle is....

The wood is Sapelle, which is apparently a species of Mahoghany. I have made one annoying blunder though- the edges are not 100% vertical around the guitar, they are a bit out at places....the shape of the horn is fatter on the top side than it is on the bottom, where it is almost down to a point!...I used a jigsaw to cut it and apparently this is quite a common blunder! I'll probably use a bandsaw next time, well maybe unless I do a Flying V

Hi everyone, I heard about this forum through a few fine blokes down at forum.intermusic.com Im a total newcommer to guitar building, never even dabbled! I am at the moment working on an LP guitar...although I think my next one will be a flying V...Im guessing the body would be a lot easier to make! Anyway, heres my 'effort' so far...I'll post the links instead of the pictures because theres a few of them and we dont want the guys on dial up gettin upset http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rpinderblackbird/wood.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/dude...s/progress1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/dude...s/progress2.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rpinderblackbird/IM000006.JPG Right. I have a question...as this is my first attempt, should I risk doing a carved top? I have limited materials at the moment so I have thought about doing it like this... http://members.fortunecity.com/jtfish/lpc/shaping.htm Or is there a better way? Im assuming there is Guitar building is great isnt it! Sooo therapeutic...this is going to be addictive!