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Looks like it'll stay a dream then. :-S
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I'm sure I can make one for less than that ...
https://www.gak.co.uk/en/gibson-custom-les-paul-special-double-cut-figured-top-gloss-bourbon-burst/924873
US$4.5K = GB£3.6K at today's exchange rate
Here's my body blank with the London plane top trimmed to size. Inspired by @Corvus's binding I'm going multi-ply too but with the main piece tortoiseshell, so W/B/W/T with a stepped channel as Stewmac shows.
Sorry Tony I won't derail your thread any more!
... but only so that we can see the progress of your build in more detail!!
I've got some of that London Plane from @Rabs too, and keen to see how it turns out when finished.
These will both be capped. They're actually 3 piece bodies - both have got "wings" glued on at the edges of the lower part as the planks I had were *almost* wide enough for one piece bodies, but not quite!
I think I'm just going to carve the top of this one, capping it would be a waste of the figuring and flaming in the wood. Just haven't decided what body shape to go for yet.
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I think I read somewhere the multi-piece bodies have the benefit of lowering the fundamental/resonant frequency of the body which can be a good thing.
(Made me wonder if I could have done similar on the Idigbo DC. )
Looking forward to seeing these develop - are you going for all 3 builds at the same time ?
I've got these 3 blanks now sorted - I recut and rejointed the Idigbo this morning because I wasn't happy with it. I'll probably bandsaw the body shape out of that later today.
Plus I've got the original LP DC Jr that started this thread off.
Plus I've recently re-found this ...
... which is another self-build from the days (long ago days) when I was still persevering with the Wudtone stains. The front is OK, but the back is definitely an unappealing orange.
I think I "put it to one side" because of the way that the back had taken the stain. It looks worse in the flesh.
Anyways, it's no longer orange ...
... so that's Work-in-Progress #5.
I think it's my first-ever build of a guitar-that's-not-a-Tele. I made the neck on that one too (I often cheat and use GSP's necks). I should probably rummage around to find some suitable hardware and put it together.
Yesterday - inspired by your solid MDF design - I re-made my thicknessing sled with 6mm thick aluminium and checked for any deflection with the router in place. Possibly 0.1mm of flex, but equally that could have been measurement error. So, I'm happy with that now.
And then I worked out why my thicknesser was struggling to thickness anything. The blades were ~10 years old.
Luckily, they're double-sided blades and so I swapped them around and the thicknesser is now doing its thing a lot more easily!
I'd already sorted out the hardware to make a simple DCJr, and Ash is currently putting a dog ear base plate on a P90, with the intention of it going in here, so that's what's going to happen.
I'm going to build a separate LP DC with a carved top ... watch out for another thread on that one!
This will be a standard cherry red finish. over gold grain filler.
First coat now on
And up close, nice and golden ...
I'm hoping that, with another coat or two of the red, and then slowly building up the oil over the top, the gold will catch the light nicely ....
(Might also sound OK too).
There's an interesting "feature" on it ...
But, what do you do with a LP Jr with an exposed neck join - because that doesn't look too good either!
Ah-hah ....
Now, tell me that's *not* a better look?
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The trickiest part was actually getting a decent photo (lighting) that was perfectly perpendicular to the body.
It's stuck to the body (double sided tape) rather than screwed because screws made it look more like a scratchplate!
(PS - the photo above is before attaching the acrylic to the body, it actually lines up better than the photo above shows).