So I've decided to build a Les Paul

[ImmortalSix]

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I'm keeping up with you and I still gotta say --- BEST THREAD EVER

 

[shaka]

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New blog update. I just roughed out not one, not two, but THREE necks.

www.theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com

 

[loudriver23]

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V is for VAULT!!!!!

I'm speechless at how awesome this project is, and how jealous I am of your skills. I think your methods will help out countless others on their own projects.

 

[shaka]

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V is for VAULT!!!!!

I'm speechless at how awesome this project is, and how jealous I am of your skills. I think your methods will help out countless others on their own projects.

I like to think people will learn more from my mistakes rather than whatever skills I may or may not have.

All I know is that this build has been a ton of fun.

 

[Blue313]

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What a great project! I'm a little late to the blog, but I just read all of it. I'll definitely be checking for updates

 

[shaka]

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New submission.

Find out how I carved a curved truss rod channel.

http://theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/

 

[shaka]

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New submission at my building blog:

www.theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com

"Fitting the Truss Rod"

Please feel free to comment here or at the blog.

Here are a few pics:

 

[bryan the rocker]

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ok looking foward to it,

 

[shaka]

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Two new posts today in my Les Paul building blog. Both deal with inlaying the fingerboard.

www.theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com

 

[Blue313]

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That came out pretty good. Either a slot cleaning saw, slotting saw, or dremel can be used to clear the slots.

 

[shaka]

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I didn't think of my Dremel. Unfortunatly I don't have a slotting saw.

 

[shaka]

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New update. Watch me ruin my fingerboard as well as do a few things right!

www.theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com

 

[shaka]

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Yet another update. I'm starting to carve the top. Pictures and video included.

http://www.theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/

 

[shaka]

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Another update with vids. I'm further along than this but need to catch up the blog.

This one goes into more detail about how I carved the top.

http://theaccidentalluthier.blogspot.com/

 

[super rad stuff]

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man, aside from your fretboard faux-pas, you've got some great work there! i wish i had the patience to build something such as a whole guitar. btw how much are all the parts costing/going to cost you? including the parts and wood for jigs?

 

[KeeperOS]

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Yeah read it this morning, lucky huh?

Will be waiting for the further updates!!!

 

[bryan the rocker]

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Keep it up,

 

[shaka]

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man, aside from your fretboard faux-pas, you've got some great work there! i wish i had the patience to build something such as a whole guitar. btw how much are all the parts costing/going to cost you? including the parts and wood for jigs?

Good question. I spent a couple hundred on the wood. I'm waiting for the shop to get my hardware in so I'm not sure how much that will be. I'll figure out how much it cost after I have everything.

 

[penguinmessiah]

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That is awesome.

Kudos to you, sir.

 

[shaka]

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Another update has been posted. There are actually two parts. In part one I botch the binding job. Tomorrow I'll post part two where I fix it.

Think link is found all over this thread.