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December 26th, 2014, 08:13 AM
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New Guitar Project!
My wife gave me an awesome present for Christmas! A new guitar kit from Precision Guitars! http://buy.precisionguitarkits.com/p...ut-jr-guitar-1
This is a Les Paul Jr double cut design. Single P90 Bridge route, one tone and volume controls, wrap around tailpiece, and all mahogany slab body.
I plan on finishing the guitar in Tru-Oil gunstock finish and using Wilkinson hardware. Bridge pickup will be a GFS P90. (Highly underrated pickup company).
Oh, for some real cool effect, I'm going to create my Pickguard and control cavity cover out of an old vinyl record.
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December 26th, 2014, 10:18 AM
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The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
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December 26th, 2014, 06:40 PM
#3
The 'LP' pick guard is a great idea - especially for a LP!
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
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December 27th, 2014, 08:32 AM
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I'm a bit torn though... Do I use a lightning body tailpeice and risk the chance of it not innotating or do I get a Wilkinson that can?
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December 28th, 2014, 07:45 AM
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A Hip Shot Baby Grand bridge/tailpiece will solve all of your intonation worries and they look really cool too. I put one on my Melody Maker. Shop around, I got mine off fleabay for $70. It comes with posts, inserts and tools. It works with existing inserts too or did for me on my MM.
http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_...ge_Chrome.html
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December 28th, 2014, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by
DetroitBlues
I'm a bit torn though... Do I use a lightning body tailpeice and risk the chance of it not innotating or do I get a Wilkinson that can?
I'd say start with the one you like the looks of and if it sucks for whatever reason then you can always try the fancy intimating one.
My LP junior has the Lightning bold one and it seems to intimate fine by the way.
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December 29th, 2014, 10:40 PM
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I decided to use the Wilkinson bridge after all. My biggest concern was one aspect about the stud placement. Sometimes they are angled, sometimes they're not. With an adjustable bridge, I don't need to worry about it.
I am using this idea for my Pickguard and control plate...
Bought all the finishing supplies I need. The Tru-Oil kit has all sorts of stuff. Sandpaper, cloths, etc to finish the guitar. I just happen to have Titebond II on hand as well..
Glued and clamped it up for overnight drying before I attempt filling in the grain and finishing it....
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December 30th, 2014, 05:39 PM
#8
Wow, you've ready started? Cool!
Does that bridge you chose mount flat to the body? Or does it mount on studs? Just wondering because the body you have is pre drilled for inserts, right?
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December 31st, 2014, 11:31 PM
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I have bought a bridge that mounts to studs...
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January 1st, 2015, 02:05 AM
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Oh, so that bridge in the pics mounts to studs? That's really cool.
Can't wait to see the rest of the build man!
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January 1st, 2015, 11:12 PM
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The grain is filled and the first layer of several is curing now. I decided against filling the grain on the neck. I remembered some of my favorite Les Paul's were like that. I decided to not paint the headstock for now either. I may add a water slide, but I don't know what to design it as. My parts should be soon too.
For now, here's what I have...
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January 2nd, 2015, 09:34 PM
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Wow, that is some really nice grain! It really shines. Love it!
How about DB for the headstock? Or maybe DetroitBlues in Gibson style font?
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January 2nd, 2015, 11:11 PM
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The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via
SKYPE.
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January 3rd, 2015, 12:42 AM
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I am really trying to think of what to put on the headstock.... I have a wood burning iron. I thought about using that. A Celetic cross perhaps (not too big though) that would be about the size of the Gibson Flower pot. As for a name, that's a tough call... Not sure if I want it called Detroit Blues.
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January 7th, 2015, 03:56 AM
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Great project it will be for sure a beauty and the happiness of doing it yourself a nice achievement !
Guitars:
1978 Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom USA, New Nash TL-72 Thinline Telecaster, 1965 Harmony Meteor, H71, 1986 Fender Telecaster Esquire MIJ, New Martin J-41 Special, 1933 National Duolian, 1941, New Eastwood Mandocaster 12 strings
Amps:
Tweed Vibrolux Custom Denis Manlay, 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface
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January 14th, 2015, 07:58 AM
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Here's the finished (or nearly anyway) product!
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January 14th, 2015, 12:03 PM
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That really turned out nicely! You'll have all the kids wondering what the heck that pickguard is made out of.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
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"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
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January 19th, 2015, 07:05 AM
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“Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It’s the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.” Stevie Ray Vaughan