• limbop
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Topic: LP style Guitar Build

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid … mp;theater

The FB link above is to a photo of a LP style guitar build I finished a couple of weeks ago.
I had this huge slab of Walnut burl in the shop for a couple of years and finally decided it needed to become a guitar.
It is the best sounding and playing of the lot.
It was a true labor of love, but I'm not sure I will do another one for a long while.

“You’ve gotta riff like your mojo’s magic…
Let your fingers fly like lightning unleashed…
Make your notes scream with the unbridled passion of a soul on fire…
And boogie like the Thunder of the Gods!”  LP 1974
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Re: LP style Guitar Build

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/or … b1542b.jpg

Apparently the FB link isn't going public. The link above should work just fine. Sorry for the hassle!
Lim

“You’ve gotta riff like your mojo’s magic…
Let your fingers fly like lightning unleashed…
Make your notes scream with the unbridled passion of a soul on fire…
And boogie like the Thunder of the Gods!”  LP 1974
  • From: East Lancashire, UK
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Re: LP style Guitar Build

Very pretty well done. Is it heavy as burr walnut is very dense. big_smile

Come on the Blades (sorry Idolbone just had to borrow your line)
  • From: Moncton, NB Canada
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Re: LP style Guitar Build

What a beauty!  Well done.

Steve

2011 Gibson Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Studio...among others.
Beacon Theater, New York, May 18, 2013/Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea, Feb. 17-21, 2015/3 Kings Tour, Bangor, ME, Aug. 12, 2015
  • limbop
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Re: LP style Guitar Build

Thanks for the kind words.
You are right the burl is very dense. The body was chambered and it is still comparable to the weight of a heavy Les Paul. I had hoped it would be lighter, but it is still very manageable.

“You’ve gotta riff like your mojo’s magic…
Let your fingers fly like lightning unleashed…
Make your notes scream with the unbridled passion of a soul on fire…
And boogie like the Thunder of the Gods!”  LP 1974
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  • Registered: 2006-05-31
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Re: LP style Guitar Build

Looks like candy and surely sounds as sweet :-)
Well done - congrats!

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Re: LP style Guitar Build

Love the dot markers....and the burl.  Beautiful top, it's almost a ".....who cares how it sounds....".