Being a Who Fan i have loved the guitars of Pete Townshend's.... The SG Specials, The Grestch Chet Atkins, The Fender strat and Teles, the RIC's, the Shecter teles.... But my favourite guitars Pete used were the Les Paul Deluxes from 1972-1980... The Gibson Custom Shop has released extremely expensive signature models based on Petes Modded LP's.... Pete had changed the tuners, added a middle Dual Sound Humbucker and had the necks reshaped and resprayed.... I believe they thinned them out....
The best sounding LP Deluxes Pete used were the ones he used 1972-75.. These he used the stock electronics and Gibson made the necks out of Mahogany but by early 76 they had switched to maple.... In 76 Pete switched to heavily modded LP's and i really like the look of those.... I have a 76 Deluxe and like it but the neck is like a baseball bat! Huge! I would never moddify my old Deluxe like Pete's... But i have been wanting to built a Les Paul for years now! I want to take my time and do it right, or as right as my limited skills will take me...
First Question is what is the best inlay stock to make LP Deluxe/Standard style inlays from? How thick should the inlay stock be?
My 76 Deluxe has the 3 piece maple neck just like the new PT Signature guitars do..... i can faintly see the maple boards gain on the tip of the headstock... The inside piece of maple is cut differently then the outside pieces.... the gain in the 3 boards line up like this lllll==llll ...The little centerboard has the grain running sideways while the grain on the outside pieces is up and down.... Why would Gibson do this, for strength? Should i bother to copy this forum of construction or use a modern scarf jointed board? To do an exact copy i guess i need to copy Gibson.. The body i plan to use a 2 piece mahogany body so it will not be exactly like the original LP Deluxe i'm copying.... so maybe i should use the scarf joint neck.... not sure what to do....
I want to make more then one LP Deluxe... One i wish to make a Mahogany neck Deluxe, and the other a Maple version.... I have a set of Gibson mini humbuckers ready to go and some tuners....
The best sounding LP Deluxes Pete used were the ones he used 1972-75.. These he used the stock electronics and Gibson made the necks out of Mahogany but by early 76 they had switched to maple.... In 76 Pete switched to heavily modded LP's and i really like the look of those.... I have a 76 Deluxe and like it but the neck is like a baseball bat! Huge! I would never moddify my old Deluxe like Pete's... But i have been wanting to built a Les Paul for years now! I want to take my time and do it right, or as right as my limited skills will take me...
First Question is what is the best inlay stock to make LP Deluxe/Standard style inlays from? How thick should the inlay stock be?
My 76 Deluxe has the 3 piece maple neck just like the new PT Signature guitars do..... i can faintly see the maple boards gain on the tip of the headstock... The inside piece of maple is cut differently then the outside pieces.... the gain in the 3 boards line up like this lllll==llll ...The little centerboard has the grain running sideways while the grain on the outside pieces is up and down.... Why would Gibson do this, for strength? Should i bother to copy this forum of construction or use a modern scarf jointed board? To do an exact copy i guess i need to copy Gibson.. The body i plan to use a 2 piece mahogany body so it will not be exactly like the original LP Deluxe i'm copying.... so maybe i should use the scarf joint neck.... not sure what to do....
I want to make more then one LP Deluxe... One i wish to make a Mahogany neck Deluxe, and the other a Maple version.... I have a set of Gibson mini humbuckers ready to go and some tuners....
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