Members Bowen Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Starting today! This will not be a 100% accurate build to the 59 plans.African mahogany body and neck25.5" scale cocobolo fingerboardstainless fretsGFS P90/bridge/tuners. Updates coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 I started out today with a trip to the wood store. I was hoping to find some 13" wide mahogany for the body but no luck. It will have to be a 2pc body. Body wood before squaring, just off of the radial arm saw Squaring it up, about to cut the edge that will be the center glue joint. Mahogany is pretty soft so with a good blade and a saw that is set up well no more attention is needed after the cut. ALWAYS check for square after the cut. Never trust the saw to maintain accuracy. Gluing the body blank Lather, rinse, repeat. This is the neck blank After quite a few hours, un-clamp the body, scrub the dried glue off of it, and throw on some water to see the color. That's all for today. Next task is making some templates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surfdude Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Bump so I can keep an eye on this. Surfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Subscribed Mhmm :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stricken Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Wow. Where did you get the plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 6, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Wow. Where did you get the plans? I think I grabbed them at projectguitar.com. They have a pretty good list of plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Nice What is your time frame to have the body neck done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted September 6, 2009 Members Share Posted September 6, 2009 Cool, a long scale Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 11, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 Nice What is your time frame to have the body neck done? I'm trying for 9-25 to complete the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 11, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 11, 2009 Here is an update: I was going though my pile of scrap wood and guitar parts and got distracted. All maple cheap-V using junk parts and scrap wood. I just need to find or fabricate a bridge before continuing. This guitar will be a present to a friend who harasses me about not making pointy guitars. LP Junior body is bandsawed, sanded to 400, and a scuff coat of tru-oil has been applied: The parts have been delivered from LMI and GFS. This is my favorite truss rod. It is single acting, very strong, and uses a narrow slot in the neck. I think that I will change the tuner buttons to ebony. (not shown: abalone dots, SS fretwire, pots and ebony knobs) Now that I have the bridge I can calculate the neck angle. The neck is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 Tasty. One of my favorite LP models. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefool Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 looks awesome, almost done my first build, yours is looking amazing though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 now THAT is dead-sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wax4213 Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 It hardly even looks like 2 pieces. Excellent job so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 Nice hunk of mahogany, thats going to oil up sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stricken Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 I think I grabbed them at projectguitar.com. They have a pretty good list of plans. Where? I tried to find them and I still cant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bennintexas Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 fantastic, cant even tell its a 2 pc, id love if someone could do me a build like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Assy- Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 great stuff so far. You might want to look into getting an allparts dealership, 50% off of all of their stuff is great, all you gotta do is give em a business license fax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted September 12, 2009 Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 Very cool work. :cop:Clamps....you got to have the clamps! I love clamps....very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 12, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 So today I got started by making a neck and headstock template. The headstock template is printed 1:1 from autocad and glued to 1/2" MDF. I do not plan to bring the center of the headstock end into the little point. It is too much of a pain in the ass sanding and finishing areas like that. The neck is laid out using the new templates. The neck blank is 2pc, here is a shot of the end grain Truss rod slot is cut and fitted for the truss rod. I like a nice snug fit. The headstock and neck have been profiled with the bandsaw. The headstock is shaped and the neck is roughed out on the bandsaw then finished using a router table and the templates I made this morning. About to glue the fingerboard. This is where I made my first mistake on this build. The temperature was ~92 and humidity ~25%. I stopped to take a picture and by the time I had the fingerboard on the glue had skinned up and was not sqeezing out. I pulled them apart and cleaned everything up to do it again. Oh, there are a couple tiny brad points in the neck to hold the fingerboard still while applying pressure with the clamps. That make this much easier. Clamps! I need more of them. I think that there is a garden gnome that comes and eats my C-clamps at night. After the glue had set up for a couple of hours I pulled the neck out of the clamps and ran a router down the edges to see how the glue joint cane out. It is pretty good, though there is one spot at the 20th fret where there is a slight gap. Damn. Tomorrow: Neck to body joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 12, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2009 great stuff so far. You might want to look into getting an allparts dealership, 50% off of all of their stuff is great, all you gotta do is give em a business license fax. If I do more building I'll have to look in to that. Are there minimum orders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted September 13, 2009 Members Share Posted September 13, 2009 Looking good! I can't wait for more. I'm gassin for a LP Jr real bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blazingblake Posted September 13, 2009 Members Share Posted September 13, 2009 Thats going to be a fine guitar I love the les paul junior double cut style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bowen Posted September 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2009 Thanks for the compliments! I am really happy with the tru-oil so far. (2 coats) I had never given it a real try before. I'll be leaving the grain unfilled on the finished guitar. Here is a little wood porn, these pics were taken with the flash on so the colors are not entirely balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sharkfin Posted September 13, 2009 Members Share Posted September 13, 2009 Mmm, wood.Lovely grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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