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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