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Thread: New Build - Les Paul Junior DC
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28th December 2009, 07:00 PM #1Senior Member
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New Build - Les Paul Junior DC
G'day Everyone,
I am part way thru a Les Paul Junior build, thought I'd share it with everyone.
Firstly., this is my first scratch build with a set neck , only ever built strat style bodies and necks before so go easy on me .
I bought the mahogany sight unseen from A.F.T - Freighted it up from Melbourne to Wollongong.. Was pretty dissapointed to see it was full of knots etc after it was dressed... Only paid $80 so I can't complain. I'll buy a proper blank from Gillets next time..
Looks like this guitar is gonna be a solid colour
Trying to avoid as many knots as possible on the outline.
Managed to cut the body out on my el cheapo GMC bandsaw
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28th December 2009, 07:09 PM #2Senior Member
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Had an "oh ####" moment routing the body - a section of soft wood just compressed when I ran the router bearing over it and took some major chunks out of the sides near the horn.. I dug all the sapwood out and filled it with bondo ..
Used a 3/16" rounderover bit on the sides
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28th December 2009, 07:34 PM #3
Looking good David.
Did you make that neck tenon template your self? It looks pretty straight and well made.
Regards and all the best for the new year to all
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28th December 2009, 08:33 PM #4Senior Member
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G'day Wal, Nice to hear from you ! Hows the Les Paul coming along ?
I ordered the templates from guitarbuildingtemplates.com and made my working copies from them.
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28th December 2009, 08:38 PM #5Apprentice
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nice one
the lp junior dc body is one of my fave shapes and is on the to do list
will be observing with additional interestLooking for
1. fiddleback mulga - 1" thick, 3"wide, 26" long
PM if you have for sale!
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28th December 2009, 09:17 PM #6
dont you just hate that.....
i got a dodgy bit of mahogany a while ago
got an angle on that neck pocket?
templates look the goods
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29th December 2009, 01:52 AM #7Senior Member
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Cheers fella's.
Andrew, the angle is on the neck heel, my neck pocket is routed flat.
More pics tomorrow, started a few weeks ago so I'm quite a way along already.
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29th December 2009, 02:07 AM #8New Member
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Thanks for posting your progress and photos. It looks great to me. All the very best. Your posts are feeding my inspiration and knowledge to try making something someday. I look forward to your further posts. Ta
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29th December 2009, 06:23 PM #11Senior Member
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29th December 2009, 06:29 PM #12Senior Member
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The neck blank is some Vic Ash , I glued a block on to allow me to bandsaw the neck angle in.
Borrowed a mates REAL bandsaw to cut the angle
Routed in the truss rod cavity - Never done it this way before but its SO easy. I won't be using my laminate trimmer anymore to do this.
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29th December 2009, 06:33 PM #13Senior Member
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Cut the sides off, attached the neck template and tidied it up on the router
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29th December 2009, 06:40 PM #14Senior Member
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I went to thin down the headstock thickness but took a few mill too many ! Went down to 13mm, needs to be about 14.5mm...Crap...
I will glue a veneer on the face to give me some thickness back. I thinbk they do this on the Les Pauls anyway
Attached the headstock template and routed away
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29th December 2009, 06:49 PM #15Senior Member
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Traced and band sawed a headstock veneer , 1.5mm thick. Gives me a headstock thickness of 14.5mm now
Veneer glued on and truss rod in and fretboard has been routed to size( its still attached to my template ) - fretboard is Cocobolo Rosewood from LMI )
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