I'm doing another one of
one of these LP flat top/Specials, for our own Ross
@webrthomson . Which I'm calling LPX as a model name until the fairly unlikely event of a better idea coming along. It's going to be similar, Mojo P90s and walnut/maple, mahogany. neck.
Very happy to be doing another, apart from glad to be back on set-necks, it's about my favourite thing to play, sounds great clean or filthy and came in at a pretty chuckable 7 lbs.
Sorry about the rubbish pics, but here's some bits of tree:
A large slab of black walnut:
Honduran or African mahogany neck blanks and some fretboards. Going with the top rosewood fretboard it's nice & dark & crispy.
I may cut the African neck blank as well but started on the Honduran. It's nice and light
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It might just be deep enough for one-piece, but might get a scarfed head again, at least it'll be nice & strong. I use an 11 degree angle too.
Inevitably the sides show some knots and there is one small void to fill, but it's all good character.
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And hi Rabs, good to see you around. Like I said before playing one of your walnut ones made me want to use it in a body, I like it a lot.
And dead-on 11 degrees, happy with that
Debating whether to do a Junior style tenon but with thinner lip as before, or LP style.
This one
https://i.imgur.com/27ttfwa.jpg
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Comparing the two will be definitely interesting, even the unplugged sound in general.
My new favourite is my flat top burst, it's bloody superb with a paf style bridge and p90 neck, I also think a wraparound adds something nice to the sound.
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