Guitar chord forum - chordie — NGD - I made it myself ! :)

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null@example.com (Tenement Funster) — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 22:40:42 +0000

That's one gorgeous guitar, TIG ... you can probably hear my lower jaw hitting the floor all the way from Nova Scotia. I made a set of night stands out of cherry for a friend's wedding gift years ago, and the beauty of it's grain / color is stunning. Nice work, dude!

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null@example.com (TIGLJK) — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 01:05:08 +0000

Jgreen

Thanks for the compliment - all the top wood is Cherry Walnut is middle - I used it to look like a band around. It has great tone. I picked the cherry bc I liked the the litlle grain waves and the worm holes.

I lined all the cavities with copper tape - it takes away all the buzz. - it sounds so smooth

Topdown and Roger - TY it screams for someone who can really play to give it a go - it has a beautiful sound to it.

Bill- trust me- there are a lot of things I don't do well - i.e.. haven't you heard me sing ? If you need a list - contact my wife - she could give you plenty of examples!
(P.S. - I haven't forgotten the songs I have promised you - I have some stuff down already - I've just been overwhelmed at moment with a million things going on)

Phill and Bill - TY it was quite a project. I am so happy I didn't screw it up... The neck angle was quite difficult - and the cavities for the pic ups also had to match that angle ( 4.5 degrees)

Ed - Thanks for the comment it was strenuous but fun building it.

As you can probably tell - I love to imagine things - and then create them

Thank you to all the chordians for your encouragement.
This place is the greatest !

I was not comfortable after all the work I had put into it to try to put a binding on it. I thought the cherry top sufficed as the bing look.

Bill - I wouldn't have a clue about a price. I really have built these last two guitars ( Strat and LP) as kind of a long term plan - I am hoping my grandkids will someday be playing them and think of good ol' "Pop" when they do.

Thank you so much all of you -

Jim

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null@example.com (Strummerboy Bill) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:03:27 +0000

I'd take a Les Paul over a gold watch any day!

Bill

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null@example.com (TIGLJK) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 20:17:17 +0000

I don’t know. If they call me and tell me to remove it , I can easily do it. I’m not selling it. I would think they have better things to do with the state of their finances than chase me down

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null@example.com (Dirty Ed) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:34:28 +0000

Just curious Jim, are there any trademark infringement issues involved with using Gibson's logo on the headstock?

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null@example.com (Dirty Ed) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:11:40 +0000

Schweeeet!

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null@example.com (Strummerboy Bill) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 17:31:53 +0000

Lord, ain't she purrrrr-dee!

So what don't you do well, Jim?

Also, if you were to sell this fine looking instrument, what would it cost me?

Bill

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null@example.com (Phill Williams) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 17:30:58 +0000

What a fabulous job! You are a very clever and talented person...are you taking orders?

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null@example.com (Roger Guppy) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:22:52 +0000

Wow!!! Superb.

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null@example.com (topdown) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:19:13 +0000

That's a beauty Jim!

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null@example.com (jgreen) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:17:58 +0000

Wow, nice job T! That's beautiful.
Love the walnut grain around the bridge and pickup.
Happy pickin'
Jim

NGD - I made it myself ! :)

null@example.com (TIGLJK) — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 15:18:43 +0000

My friend that I taught with for 25 years retired and I gave him my Les Paul as a gift.
I was missing it one day and decided to build one.
This is what I made. It has 2 Dream 180 Humbuckers. It sounds really good to me.
It was really, really, really hard to make - a lot of thinking - angles and alignment etc.... a lot of patiencea lot harder than making the strat. Here are the pictures of it finished. I was going to upload some of the work photos - but it took much data space.

The wood is layered - Cherry on top, Walnut in the middle, and butternut on bottom.

the neck plate is an engraving of my three daughters..

I learned a lot about the workings of a Les Paul in building this. If only I could play well !

Thanks for looking at these

Jim