Les Paul Custom build

davros

2 weeks are up!!

Wet sanded 800 to 2000 grit, then used Meguiars Ultimate Compound with a foam pad on a drill. Just ordered some Ultimate polish to get rid of the last fine swirls.

Going to try and resist assembling it for another week to give it a little more hardening time and give it a final polish.

Top tip, don't wet sand with white spirit without gloves. Chemical burns sting!

davros

Finished! Well, not wired up yet... I am going to coil split the bridge pickup but I'm planning to add a trim pot so I can adjust how much of the second coil is removed.

Unsurprisingly, acoustically it sounds very similar to its red sibling, but it should be a little different plugged in as it has a slightly hotter bridge pickup.

Here are a few pics. I'll do a NGD thread on the main board with some more.

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

roberty

Unreal

WezV

That looks great 

eSully

Amazing job, really cool guitar

euan

Yep, that'll do

elstoof

I’d have put a sheet down on the carpet before spraying white paint, but otherwise an awesome job

GluedtoMusic

Fantastic work!

davros

GluedtoMusic said:

Fantastic work!

Thanks. Many of these parts came from you!! Thanks for the always great service!

PeteC

that's really fabulous - your finishing jobs put mine to shame !   Thats a true rock n roll guitar for sure. 

davros

Thanks Pete, the finishing is certainly getting better with each build. Next to learn is doing a decent burst!

longjaw

Custom looks amazing and the Standard's not bad either!

digitalkettle

Needs a monkey grip!

davros

Last post (probably), got it wired up last weekend but added the final touch, a trimmer on the coil split, today.

Mostly just standard modern LP wiring scheme with a bridge coil split on the bridge tone pot. I put a 5k trimmer on the coil split to allow me to adjust how much of the second coil gets shunted to ground, giving a thicker sound than one single coil (which sounded very thin before). I have it set just below the max, probably 4k or a bit more.

roberty

davros said:

Last post (probably), got it wired up last weekend but added the final touch, a trimmer on the coil split, today.

Mostly just standard modern LP wiring scheme with a bridge coil split on the bridge tone pot. I put a 5k trimmer on the coil split to allow me to adjust how much of the second coil gets shunted to ground, giving a thicker sound than one single coil (which sounded very thin before). I have it set just below the max, probably 4k or a bit more.

Nice touch, that. Dab of clear nail varnish or something to stop it drifting maybe?

davros

Good thinking! I was going to live with it for a while, test it with the band and ultimately measure the resistance and replace it with a normal resistor.

roberty

davros said:

Good thinking! I was going to live with it for a while, test it with the band and ultimately measure the resistance and replace it with a normal resistor.

You know me. Always looking for an excuse to buy more nail varnish

How are you getting on with it? You must be smitten, it's absolutely stunning