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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Tags: 57, Classic, Custom, Cut, DC, Double, Epiphone, Fender, Gibson, Guitar, Hard, Humbucker, Les, Mahogany, Maple, Neck, Paul, Rock
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I would rather want …
I would rather want to have a guitar i built myself than an expensive fender or gibson.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
i would love to …
i would love to make my own guitar, but i have none of that fancy equipment u were using lol. maybe some day
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
That´s a true beaty …
That´s a true beaty, what´s her name? Looked very professional your work
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
yes i could of, but …
yes i could of, but its not the same thing. i built this with my own hands, its a good feeling when it plays like 1000$ guitar.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
1500 dollors!u …
1500 dollors!u could have baught a brand new fender or gibson guitar.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
must feel very …
must feel very rewarding
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Great work, man!
Great work, man!
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
nice guitar though, …
nice guitar though, just sayin
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
eventually ill …
eventually ill restore it
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
lol, sorry to …
lol, sorry to disappoint you but all that gold is NOT going to age well at all
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Nice Job.
Nice Job.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
it cost a total of …
it cost a total of 1500 dollars, that was for the templates i had to make, parts and everything else.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Wooooaa that is …
Wooooaa that is awesome! How much did that cost?
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
actually it does, …
actually it does, if your neck angle is to great, when you for example press down on the 12th fret, it may do the same as a bend, because your string is to high. So then all of your strings aren’t intonated with the right note. and for a quick question, have you ever built a guitar?
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
not sure what your …
not sure what your talking about there, the neck angle doesnt have anthing to to with intonation, only string height.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Yea, I have one on …
Yea, I have one on my Schecter
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
tune-o-matic are …
tune-o-matic are pretty nice, if there installed correctly, it always stay in tune and the intonation is dead on.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I used a flat mount …
I used a flat mount style hardtail bridge on mine, like Ibanez uses on their hardtails. The strings pass through the bridge and down through the body into ferrules in the back. So I didn’t have to angle my pocket any, I used a 25.5 scale neck. I was just curious as to how you done yours, because I know you had to for the tune-o-matic. I’ve seen some people actually angle the neck heel instead of the pocket. I was wondering what was easiest, As I want to use tune-omatic on my next build
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
well it depends on …
well it depends on the scale of your neck,a neck pocket angle of 1-1/2 to 3 degrees is necessary for proper intonation. Angling the bridge helps offer maximum intonation adjustment. So ya 1.5-3 degrees should do the trick. To help get a better description try buying a books with detailled info on bridge installation
February 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Very nice job my …
Very nice job my friend. 5 stars!! Did you angle the neck pocket to work with the tune-o-matic, and if so, what method did you use? I also just got into building guitars. You can see my first build on my channel!