Gold Top Les Paul start to finish

[DangerousR6]

Looks bad ass, just one question, why are the bridge holes not drilled? :icon_scratch:

 

[Tonar8352]

The bridge holes are drilled they are just plugged with paste wax to keep water from getting down to the wood and wicking out to crack the finish.

 

[DangerousR6]

Ahhh, so they are. I went back and looked at earlier pics, guess I missed that. He must be using one with the smaller studs. I used the stud inserts on mine, so the holes were bigger.

 

[Patrick from Davis]

The bridge is 1/8th inch holes.  You tap them and just screw the post in.  This is how the original ABR style bridges were done.  I wanted to do things this way, before I knew the whole story.  Hopefully everything works out okay, I have never tried this system like this.
Patrick

 

[vic108]

Incredible! Nice work.....