My homemade Les Paul Mini

[bancika]

It's not duncan equipped, but still wanted to share. My father built for me a travel sized LP, all mahogany, full scale neck with dimarzio 36th pafs. Here's a couple of pix and a clip I recorded yesterday. I'm playing through a Mark IIc+ preamp clone I built. Will add more clips soon. For details visit http://diy-fever.com/guitars/mini-les-paul/

 

[ItsaBass]

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Very, very cool. Looks a lot like a baritone uke.

Did he build the neck from scratch?

 

[bancika]

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yeah, everything's built from scratch. The neck is 60's thinner profile, oil finished and super comfortable.
tnx

 

[Empty Pockets]

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Freakin sweet!

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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^^ What he said; oil finish is the bomb. Full scale is the only way to go, really - short scale feels ¢rap.

Now you gotta play this song .

 

[Bfeeney]

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Very, very cool. Looks a lot like a baritone uke.

HA! it does. It is very nice though, I like the carvedtop on a mini.

 

[bancika]

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yeah, full scale was a top priority. Those peewee epis look cute but that short scale is crappy to play and tune.
I thought about sacrificing the headstock for smaller size, but it would make it more complicated to mount the tuners on the body and would look ugly as hell
Cheers

 

[erksin]

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Your dad is the MAN.

That looks fantastic - I take it he's a luthier?

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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That's a neat piece of work. It just needs one of those ebony rests they use on a violin so you can tuck it under your chin in comfort.

 

[cohibacris]

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Your dad is the MAN.

That looks fantastic - I take it he's a luthier?

+1 That is a righteous little guy (the scale of the pickups really tells the story).
Between this and the 'Scattervarius" I'm destined to start a guitar project today....

 

[bancika]

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Your dad is the MAN.

That looks fantastic - I take it he's a luthier?

thanks all, appreciate it :friday:.

Yes, he builds and repairs guitars for living. Here's another one we (well, mostly him ) built for me few years ago

 

[DankStar]

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Killer!!

 

[TheLivingDead]

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Holy crap, your dad rocks!

 

[guitarkid]

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That is awesome!!!! Looks like a mini Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Brown.

 

[bancika]

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That is awesome!!!! Looks like a mini Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Brown.

yeah, that was the goal It's a cheapest finish to do and looks cool (not to my girlfriend though, she thinks it looks like a piece of old furniture)

 

[whatshisname]

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+1 That is a righteous little guy (the scale of the pickups really tells the story).
Between this and the 'Scattervarius" I'm destined to start a guitar project today....

"Scatter Lee", is your Dad?! I've been in awe, of his work, for quite some time now. He's a very talented luthier, to say the least!

 

[JeffB]

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Very cool! Beyond Cool!

Congrats

 

[Markk]

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Oh wow, that's pretty damn cool. And sounds good too!

 

[cohibacris]

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whatsinaname, I was comparing the two from the inspiration aspect - bancika would have to say outright that he and scatter lee are related; if that was inferred it wasn't meant to be.

 

[bancika]

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never heard of that lad, but nice work on that guitar