Guitar Build [stage 1]

By OurJud · Jul 21, 2020 · ·
  1. Stage one of my DIY authentic Les Paul copy.

    Stained and the first couple of coats of Danish oil.

    Heaven knows how the pros get that glass-like finish on their guitars, but it’s beyond me. I don’t mind it looking a little rough to be honest. I’ll call it character.

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Comments

  1. Friedrich Kugelschreiber
    Looks super sweet. \m/
      OurJud likes this.
  2. OurJud
    Thank you. I must admit the rest of the build daunts me somewhat. It comes with a single A4 sheet of ‘instructions’ but they’ve clearly been written for people who probably wouldn’t need instructions in the first place. I can see me posting lots of ‘what’s this?’ and ‘where does this go?’ questions over the next few weekends.
  3. Friedrich Kugelschreiber
  4. OurJud
    Cheers. I’ll bear those in mind. I’m also on a couple of guitar reddits so there’s that too. Even though I (wisely) went for the pre-soldered electrics version of the kit, the instructions for what goes where and how make little sense on first read-through.

    My big safety net is my brother-in-law who’s been in the rock’n’roll industry most of his adult life. He’s been a backline / guitar tech for various bands over the years, so if he can’t get it right nobody can.
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