Hi guys,
Long story:
I had a banged up 1960s gibson SG which was my one and only guitar since I was 15. I was never a serious guitar player, never specifically practiced.
I rarely picked up the guitar only when I felt like it, and then it was just fooling around and having fun. There were times that it wasn't being picked up for months and in one occasion was left unplayed for 2 years.
recently someone made a good offer and I naively accepted and sold the guitar thinking I would buy a les paul as I'm a big fan of the tone.
Quickly bough a les paul standard with the money just to realize strings are a tad bit far apart in the Nut and bridge. It was a tiny amount but amazing how our brains work, I had difficulty specially with the chords close to the nut. Sold it and started searching for a guitar with same string spacing and there was only the music mans. So I bought one, it was more or less close. But the tone was thin and strings were stiff, not that I was nut strong enough to bend them but because the force I used to apply to bend the string were different and this caused the bends to sound horrible when I played faster. And the tone was more strat like even though the pickups were humbuckers.
Once again I sold the guitar, feeling miserable missing my good old guitar. Until I found warmoth. short story follows:
Short story:
I'm trying to build a guitar with 24 3/4 scale and shooting for a les paul tone. Seems like the only 24 3/4 bodies offered are strat and tele shape. I like the shapes but is it possible to get close to a les paul like tone with them, and if it is, which one can get closer?
I'm getting a 1 5/8" nut but seems like the narrowest string spacing in bridges are 2 1/16", is that spacing enough? I'm worried that strings get too close to the edge of the fretboard in higher frets.
I could find the Schaller adjustable 475, which can get 2" string spacing but the string angle seems shallow behind the saddle. Is the angle enough? To what extent does it affect the tone?
I have done some research and currently I'm shooting for this:
Warhead 24 3/4 neck. Rosewood neck with ebony fingerboard. For the feel of unfinished neck and beauty of ebony.
7/8 start body. Mahogany for les paul like warmth.
Schaller 475 flat mount bridge.
Duncan 59/custom bridge - 59 neck
Thanks for reading this, your suggestions and help is appreciated.
Long story:
I had a banged up 1960s gibson SG which was my one and only guitar since I was 15. I was never a serious guitar player, never specifically practiced.
I rarely picked up the guitar only when I felt like it, and then it was just fooling around and having fun. There were times that it wasn't being picked up for months and in one occasion was left unplayed for 2 years.
recently someone made a good offer and I naively accepted and sold the guitar thinking I would buy a les paul as I'm a big fan of the tone.
Quickly bough a les paul standard with the money just to realize strings are a tad bit far apart in the Nut and bridge. It was a tiny amount but amazing how our brains work, I had difficulty specially with the chords close to the nut. Sold it and started searching for a guitar with same string spacing and there was only the music mans. So I bought one, it was more or less close. But the tone was thin and strings were stiff, not that I was nut strong enough to bend them but because the force I used to apply to bend the string were different and this caused the bends to sound horrible when I played faster. And the tone was more strat like even though the pickups were humbuckers.
Once again I sold the guitar, feeling miserable missing my good old guitar. Until I found warmoth. short story follows:
Short story:
I'm trying to build a guitar with 24 3/4 scale and shooting for a les paul tone. Seems like the only 24 3/4 bodies offered are strat and tele shape. I like the shapes but is it possible to get close to a les paul like tone with them, and if it is, which one can get closer?
I'm getting a 1 5/8" nut but seems like the narrowest string spacing in bridges are 2 1/16", is that spacing enough? I'm worried that strings get too close to the edge of the fretboard in higher frets.
I could find the Schaller adjustable 475, which can get 2" string spacing but the string angle seems shallow behind the saddle. Is the angle enough? To what extent does it affect the tone?
I have done some research and currently I'm shooting for this:
Warhead 24 3/4 neck. Rosewood neck with ebony fingerboard. For the feel of unfinished neck and beauty of ebony.
7/8 start body. Mahogany for les paul like warmth.
Schaller 475 flat mount bridge.
Duncan 59/custom bridge - 59 neck
Thanks for reading this, your suggestions and help is appreciated.