This is a video that i made for a contest that Gibson for musicians and craftsmen to make their own versions of the famous Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Watchmy progress in this and my other videos. I think you’ll be impressed..
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Building a guitar part one.
Bought the body and neck of ebay. Sanding and preping the body for painting.
Video shows sped up sanding, and preping. Also shows my final design idea. Part two to follow soon (that should be the painting and all that jazz)
Music by Anberlin - Adelaide (off the new album Cities)
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Building a guitar part three. Repainting, polishing, machine heads, bridge, wiring, finishing. The Gibson Les Paul electric guitar style instrument takes shape.
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Here’s a look at my very own custom guitar. It took me more than a year to build it, because of school and work.
The guitar is a Les Paul Double Cut with a fender style neck. It has 24 brass plated frets, shark fin inlay, Grover original machine head with a custom head stock with my logo. The wood used for the neck is hard rock maple with a african mahogany veneer. The fret board is also african rosewood; all of the neck is attached with a traditionnal fender plate with four screws. The body is a mix of hard rock maple and african mahogany, have 2 Gibson 57 Classic Plus Humbucker with a 3 way switch. I did a arm and back countour for a better feel. for the bridge i took a simple tone-o-matic bridge. For the finish i put a stain and 3 coats of a high gloss laquer.
The overall sound is great, it has a big variety of tones and a crap load of sustain; and it always stay intonaned. For my first built, I have to say that Im more that satisfy with the result, it plays better than my epiphone les paul studio that i bought!
I liked so much building my guitar that im now building a second one, im going all out with the wood, im going to put wenge, zebrawood, purpleheart, padouk and cocobolo. All ive done so far is the body.
Enjoy!!!
Song: Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
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Actually it took a bit longer than that to build!