Is a Jaguar/LesPaul out of bounds for this site?
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- 71Smallbox
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This was one of my very first builds, many many years ago. I actually built it when I was about 16 years old. I robbed the neck off another guitar. Then I spent time in the military, and then raising kids, where I didn't build anything, the les paul was my re-entry into building. Almost 30 years later.
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I'm not sure it's to perfect dimensions for a Warlock, but nice for a first build.royb8s wrote:
This was one of my very first builds, many many years ago. I actually built it when I was about 16 years old. I robbed the neck off another guitar. Then I spent time in the military, and then raising kids, where I didn't build anything, the les paul was my re-entry into building. Almost 30 years later.
SH-1N and SH-1B Seymor Duncans. I set them both up with coil taps on each tone knob. It seems to work great, and gives me a lot of options for sound. I personally like the look with the covers on better than without the covers.
for the Jags that I'm working on now, I am going with the Fender twin head Humbuckers.
I have one set of modern style without covers, and one and a half sets of Vintage. I still need one vintage neck pickup with cover. Still looking on EBAY. Keep your fingers crossed
I don't have any experience with these pickups, but the youtube vids I have watched with the Fender american vintage HH strats sound great to me, so that was why I decided to go with them. Plus the fact that I can coil tap them.
for the Jags that I'm working on now, I am going with the Fender twin head Humbuckers.
I have one set of modern style without covers, and one and a half sets of Vintage. I still need one vintage neck pickup with cover. Still looking on EBAY. Keep your fingers crossed
I don't have any experience with these pickups, but the youtube vids I have watched with the Fender american vintage HH strats sound great to me, so that was why I decided to go with them. Plus the fact that I can coil tap them.
Back in the day, I didn't have any other guitars to base it off of axcept mtv videos and guitar world mags. We didn't have internet and all the cool stuff we have now days. All I had was a couple of books on how guitars work, and how to wire guitars. It was all experimentation.Fakir Mustache wrote:I'm not sure it's to perfect dimensions for a Warlock, but nice for a first build.royb8s wrote:
This was one of my very first builds, many many years ago. I actually built it when I was about 16 years old. I robbed the neck off another guitar. Then I spent time in the military, and then raising kids, where I didn't build anything, the les paul was my re-entry into building. Almost 30 years later.
That's why I am so thankful for all those veteran builders that put there work out there on forums and videos, with plans and templates and such. I have learned SO MUCH just by reading forums and watching youtube.
SHOUT OUT to all the guys posting their work. THANK YOU!!!
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To be honest, it has far surpassed any expectation that I every had or imagined for a guitar. I still get goosebumps when I strap it on. It has a real fat neck profile that makes her very comfortable to play, and I can do a whole concert without any hand cramps. She stays in tune like a dream. My only problem with her is her weight. at a little over 13 pounds she kills my back. I'm carrying enough weight of my own. Once I get the Jag done, I plan on taking Rose out of service for a couple of months while I chamber her on the top back, and fix a couple of dings. Would like her to lose a couple of pounds if possible.71Smallbox wrote:Very nice LP!
This is the only photo I have of the very first guitar I built. Actually I didn't build it, I finished and assembled it. It was a guitar kit that I purchased from Cripple Creek Music Store, and it was called a SAGA Kit Guitar. I couldn't afford a new guitar, so in my family tradition, when you want something, build it.
This is my copy of the book that started it all for me. Originally, I had borrowed my uncles book which was an earlier edition. I still enjoy looking thru this book.
This is the second book I got, and I spent hours dreaming about how to rewire and work on guitars. I have had these books for nearly 35 years
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There were ways to do it.royb8s wrote:Back in the day, I didn't have any other guitars to base it off of axcept mtv videos and guitar world mags. We didn't have internet and all the cool stuff we have now days. All I had was a couple of books on how guitars work, and how to wire guitars. It was all experimentation.
You could find a catalog pic of it lying flat, then it could be scaled. I had taken some class once way back, I think it was basic architecture or something, you can measure and scale all the angles and curves without a computer.
Now that I think about it, there was a second way to do it: trace it and magnify it with a projector.
This was after i cut them out on the bandsaw to rough dimensions. That way there is not so much material to route away.
Here is the headstock template i made. Held in place with double sided tape while i shape it on the router table
This is doing the neck shaping with a router table.
Just stuck them together to see how they look. I really do like my headstock design better than fenders.
Sure feels a lot lighter than my Les Paul.
Here is the headstock template i made. Held in place with double sided tape while i shape it on the router table
This is doing the neck shaping with a router table.
Just stuck them together to see how they look. I really do like my headstock design better than fenders.
Sure feels a lot lighter than my Les Paul.