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Looking forward to seeing this finished in the new year.
yeah. that one was a one peice mahogany body and totally carved by hand. It was built for a mate who likes heavy guitars. His other two instruments where an SG2000 and 90's les pual studio - this was his lightest guitar at 11lbs. His name was Twisty, which is why it has a twist in the neck He died about a year after it was made and I don't feel like it was ever finished - we tweaked it regualrly up until he passed and had ideas for other mods
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the original block of wood
and an assembly shot
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I put some masking tape around the edge and on the neck angle plane to save sanding there. I used a belt sander belt which I had previously chopped up - heavy duty clothed backed abrasive
Easier and quicker than I thought it would be
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No, I am suggesting you are a space alien and it happened with divine intervention.
Besides You still have all your fingers.
I didn't expect it to work as well as it did, which is why I was prepared to break out the proper tools
As far as I am aware original gibsond were rough carved on a duplicarver before being taken to a slack belt sander for final shaping. I guess this method is quite close to that, in a more DIY sense, so I shouldn't be surprised it gave a pretty convincing les paul style carve.
The other thing it helps to explain is gibsons variable neck angles. I hardly touched the neck angle plane I had routed at 4.3 degrees when sanding the carve in, but I think I have still managed to change it to 4.1 degrees. That must be much easier to acidently alter if sanding the contours on a slack belt sander. I need to check again when I get home. It won't affect the neck angle on mine as much as it would a gibson because I am doing a full width tenon so the bottom of the slot I route will determine neck angle, not the top of the body like on a normal gibson
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Small progress, no pics
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