Khaag's Les Paul guitar progress thread (Update: 05/29/07)

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:01 pm

I'm building a Les Paul in wood shop at school so I thought I'd post some progress up here. Some specs:

-Made out of Alder
-The body will be separate from the neck
-Will be essentially the same as Zakk Wylde's signature bullseye
-Length 17-1/4"
-Width at top bout 12-1/2"
-Width at waist 8-1/2 if i remember correctly...

The dimensions are the same as the real Les Paul.

The rough body:

Its going to be like this when done:

Tomorrow, I'm going to be shaping the body to give it a carved top.

Post by **Skyone** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:16 am

I can't tell by the depth, is it acoustic or electric? An acoustic Les would definitely be eyebrow-raisingly cool! Nice job so far.

twilightprincess · Post by **twilightprincess** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:51 am

les pauls are the best guitars in the world

i got a epiphone special II
BTW that looks awesome so far

Post by **Triton** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:11 am

danelectro 56-u2 ftw lol. thats lookin good tho!

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:06 pm

OK, I'm at school right now, but I just had wood shop, and shaped my body. I'm gonna stay in at lunch to sand it, and I will post pics of the shaped body when I get home. Oh man this is looking good! It is GOING TO BE SWEET!

dj-spuddy · Post by **dj-spuddy** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:22 pm

Cool, Can't wait to see it

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:37 pm

Well not one to dissapoint, here is my sanded body so far. It's kinda hard to see the contour of the face in the pictures, but its enough to give you the idea. In person you can really see it... and feel it.

Ahh, the fruits of the ever-so-tedious hand plane:

I am starting the neck tomorrow. Man, this thing is moving along quicker than I expected! I'm going to be shredding this thing in no time!

These are the pickups I am putting in this beast.

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:42 pm

wow this is all amazing

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:47 pm

I say this every time someone has something cool wrote:cartman- "KICKASS!!!!!!!!"!!!!!

it fits all you peoples work!

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:52 pm

See, I'm good at making stuff! I'm no n00b! So... look at my other thread a few posts down, and HIRE ME TO MAKE YOU A WII ARMCANNON! lol

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:01 pm

Well, i'm not a big fan of Les Pauls (more of a Strat man myself), but this will be sweet! Are you winding your own pickups? I'm guessing that either the fretwork or finish will be the hardest part. You might not like this idea, but I think you should add Strat style body contours to it. It would make it unique and more comfortable to play. Just my opinion though. By the way, you said the neck will be seperate from the body, but I want to know if it's going to be bolt on (like a Fender) or glued in (like a Gibson). I'm assuming that by seperate from the body you meant that it would not be a set neck.

Lookin' good man. Keep up the awesome work!

EDIT: Nevermind about my question about the pickups.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:05 pm

khaag wrote:See, I'm good at making stuff! I'm no n00b! So... look at my other thread a few posts down, and HIRE ME TO MAKE YOU A WII ARMCANNON! lol

I will send you a wii mote, but thats it.

SS

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:38 pm

Lookin' Good. You should paint it different from the black and white one. I like the concept of that one though. Perhaps Blue (with a bit of green) and white. Black and white is too hard on the eyes, methinks.

Anything you do, it'll look great in the end.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:50 pm

replace the white with a dark red

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:16 pm

Then it'd look even MORE emo!!!