HSC Major Work build for first time builder assistance
Hey there everyone I am brand new at guitar making, though I love the guitar, and for my year 12 Timber Major Work for the HSC I am making an electric guitar. I have planned a single cutaway Gibson Les Paul body shape, with two Humbucker pickups, one volume knob, two tone knobs, a three-way pickup switch, a wrap-around bridge stop tailpiece. So far I have done the neck angle, routed the truss rod slot, installed the truss rod and am soon to attach the fretboard. I just have some small questions for some experienced builders:
1. How thick is a Gibson guitar neck?
2. What type of finish can I apply on a guitar so that it comes up as a brown-maroon colour. Not a dark red per se, just a really rich brown, similar to mahogany colour (I am using mahogany for body)
3. I want to retain fretboard, headstock and neck's original colours (Indian Rosewood for fretboard and headplates and Queensland Maple for neck), so what kind of finish can I put on that to make it all shiny?
4. How do I put the groove in the top timber of the body for binding?
That's all for the moment. I appreciate any answers given Thanks! :2tsup: