LP Studio and '72 Tele Custom in progress

[jay4321]

A couple of my current projects (there are two more underway). Both of these are pretty vanilla as far as custom goes, but that's my flavor. I have everything in hand except the LP neck which I just ordered, and about half of the hardware.

1) '72 Tele Custom

Ash, quartersawn maple/brazilian rw with MoP dots. Tonar did the nitro finish, natural. Earvana like I usually do. Looks great.

2) Les Paul Studio 25.5"

Maple-capped mahogany, mahog/ebony neck just ordered, stainless steel frets, Earvana to go into that also. Whole thing gloss black by Warmoth. Have a set of EMG-X 85x/81x, but also a black Jazz/JB set. Will likely go with latter but not sure yet. This is all about building a longer-scale LP for the mildly-heavier stuff I play and to detune a bit (not doom metal or anything).

 

[Paul-less]

lol I was looking at that LP neck. But I was torn between mahogany and indian rosewood. Thanks for helping my decision! :laughing7: looks nice!

 

[jay4321]

Yeah that neck is a '59 contour by the way, and I was really worried it wouldn't last. I like the uniform black ebony and the trapezoids - was just perfectly what I wanted so I called Spike an hour ago. Sorry!

Earvanas and locking tuners aside there won't be anything unusual about either of these, they're really just slightly updated working-class guitars intended to play well and sound good.

 

[Cagey]

Earvanas and locking tuners aside there won't be anything unusual about either of these, they're really just slightly updated working-class guitars intended to play well and sound good.

That's fine. The workmanship and quality will exceed what you could get from the OEMs of those styles, and the updated hardware will make them more tractable, all for a fraction of what the OEMs would charge you for similar instruments that aren't as good. I'm surprised more people don't go this route, although maybe they do and I just don't know it.