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PeteC · October 30

Top carve roughed out with correct pickup plane and neck angles, and now onto shaping

PeteC · October 30

Pic links keep disappearing- oh well !!

PeteC · October 30

WezV · October 30

Looks like you have a nice burst style top ready to appear from those ledges

PeteC · October 30

WezV said:

Looks like you have a nice burst style top ready to appear from those ledges

Thanks Wez. Its flitch matched rather than bookmatched as my rough sawn maple wasnt quite thick enough to do a bookmatch. Still its a pretty nice set of figure. Will be good to see the top emerge

MikeP · October 30

What type of maple are you using?

SteveRobinson · October 30

PeteC said:

WezV said:

Looks like you have a nice burst style top ready to appear from those ledges

Thanks Wez. Its flitch matched rather than bookmatched

Just like the originals then?

Looking forward to seeing this.

Dave_Mc · October 30

That's looking pretty awesome already!

PeteC · October 30

SteveRobinson said:

PeteC said:

WezV said:

Looks like you have a nice burst style top ready to appear from those ledges

Thanks Wez. Its flitch matched rather than bookmatched

Just like the originals then?

Looking forward to seeing this.

Thats the idea. Cheers Steve !

PeteC · October 30

Dave_Mc said:

That's looking pretty awesome already!

Thank you Sir. I will post some more as the build
progresses.

andy_k · October 31

Looking forward to this, didn't realise there were 2 angles involved though?

PeteC · October 31

andy_k said:

Looking forward to this, didn't realise there were 2 angles involved though?

Hi Andy - yes there are 2 separate angles involved. Theres a c.4 degree angle where the neck meets the body and the fretboard from the 16th fret to the end of the fingerboard sits flush with the body, and then a shallower angle of 1 to 1.5 degrees between the end of the fingerboard and the bridge which is the pickup plane

This is the way it was done on traditional Les Pauls.

The neck angle is the critical one - the pickup plane less
so

andy_k · October 31

PeteC said:

andy_k said:

Looking forward to this, didn't realise there were 2 angles involved though?

Hi Andy - yes there are 2 separate angles involved. Theres a c.4 degree angle where the neck meets the body and the fretboard from the 16th fret to the end of the fingerboard sits flush with the body, and then a shallower angle of 1 to 1.5 degrees between the end of the fingerboard and the bridge which is the pickup plane

This is the way it was done on traditional Les Pauls.

The neck angle is the critical one - the pickup plane less
so

Cool, didn't know about the pickup plane angle, I had heard it was flat though.
Is his going to be a full on replica?

PeteC · October 31

Yes - 59 replica including Urea and hide glues - apart from
the headstock shape - though I can do a gibson style as a custom order. ( no logo though !! ).

PeteC · November 3

Top carve getting finessed and looking rather promising

SteveRobinson · November 3

Beautiful

PeteC · November 3

SteveRobinson said:

Beautiful

Cheers Steve. Its a nice piece of wood - cant wait to get it sprayed.

davros · November 3

Wow, that's going to look lovely

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