Single slab of mahogany one piece Les Paul build

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Single slab of mahogany one piece Les Paul build

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This is from a kiwi guy, must try recruit him for the forum, really talented guy and a fascinating build to watch!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k647UA3Avwg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2tLlfPCyk[/youtube]

There is a third video to come too 8)
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It really is amazing, been watching it over at the tele forum. Kinda wasteful of timber, but a bazillion points for style and lateral thinking!

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Yep, I saw that as well. Amazing skills. Fuck sawing those huge slabs of wood by hand though. Cool videos and music too.

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I think he said it took 5 hours to saw one of them???
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so cooool
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Thanks Jeremy for the hook up and thanks for the kind comments!

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ahhhhhhhhh dude, when can i play it
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As for the Vid, IMHO, the guy played the notes but had none of LC vibe or finesse...

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Really cool. I look forward to the next installment!

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elams1894 wrote:Thanks Jeremy for the hook up and thanks for the kind comments!
Welcome aboard!!!
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Man that was awesome! Best lunch break I have had for ages lol :)

Can't wait for part 3
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Holy crap! Good to see the kiwi safety boots were being worn (jandals). :clap:
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elams1894 wrote:Thanks Jeremy for the hook up and thanks for the kind comments!
That's one hell of an entrance. 8) :clap: :clap: :clap:
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I bow down to your accuracy, skill, thought patterns...but most of all, available time!!!!!

This is amazing work dude. and you've taken the time to document the build in this way - kudos!

roll on part 3.
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Thanks for all the kind comments. Just about finished now. Just have to make some pickups and knobs and wire her up. I hope to get it complete by Saturday but we shall see.

Glad to get it to this stage mostly unscathed, actually to be honest.. relieved as hell!! A few nervous cuts in the process, a little bit too many 'seat of your pants' moments for my liking, but got there in the end. I got a little bummed about getting into the motley layer of Paua on a few inlays (actually contemplated replacing them), however I'm getting to really like the effect of them now. Little hiccups can turn out to be cool things. A little worried about how she will go once its strung up, I have had some real bad resonance problems on a couple of 1-piece builds in the past but I have a feeling this one will be sweet. When they go well, they really go well (fingers and toes crossed!)

Thanks for checking out the build vids and thanks again to Jeremyb for hooking me up to the site (really scratching my head as how I haven't managed to stumbled upon this site earlier). Its great to see so many kiwi guitar building nuts out there. Love the fact that we have such an amazing resource of recycled native timbers. This guitar is in fact my first guitar using anything other than New Zealand woods.

Anyways here is a progress update - a vid showing some slides of where I'm at. The 3rd construction video isn't too far away.

Cheers

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*UNIQUE* wrote:I bow down to your accuracy, skill, thought patterns...but most of all, available time!!!!!

This is amazing work dude. and you've taken the time to document the build in this way - kudos!

roll on part 3.
Thanks Unique!. Yeah time.... I honestly can't believe just how much time this build has taken. You can tell I'm single right ha ha. Disillusionment with the opposite sex can drive a man do attempt crazy things!!

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