The 'Less' Paul

[erogenousjones17]

That's really awesome! Great job.

 

[Rick]

Looks nice.  You're gonna love playing an a-tuned instrument.  My olympia electric papoose is my travel git.  Never had a problem getting it on board a Cathay Pacific flight (if you ever fly them).

 

[Who?]

Fantastic!  I saw Jason and the Scorchers years ago at a free concert.  They put on one of the best shows I've seen, and then hung around after to talk to everyone; great bunch of guys.

 

[whitebison66]

Nothing new to report as it is hanging upside down letting the lacquer dry. Two weeks down, one to go.

Though my latest misadventure in wet-sanding makes me leery of touching this one.

 

[Justinginn]

Check. That's amazing. Love it.

 

[whitebison66]

Got the lacquer rubbed out, assembled it, and basically set up.

Some things you only learn afterwards. Like a 1.5 degree neck angle would have worked instead of 3.

Or that the bridge studs could have been 1.8" further back. But it intonates, so no harm no foul, I guess.

Still tweaking it, letting it settle. But it is hilariously fun to play. I have it tuned to G, so its basically a whole step flat, but the string tension at A is a little much with 11-52s!

 

[whitebison66]

More pics

 

[DangerousR6]

Now how about a clip of "Little Guitars"..... :headbang1:

 

[Mor Paul]

Or that the bridge studs could have been 1.8" further back. But it intonates, so no harm no foul, I guess.

1.8" 
How does that intonate? Please say you meant millimeters or something

 

[stubhead]

1.8" - I don't get it either - is this some special experimental free-jazz Chinese music?  On most guitars, the bridge is the same distance from the 12th fret as the 12th fret is from the nut....

 

[Who?]

Looks great. :toothy10:

 

[whitebison66]

1/8", sorry!

I didn't notice the way that the 510 has a slight offset between the center of the saddle travel and the center of the bridge itself. 

 

[Mor Paul]

Ha, that's better.

 

[Rick]

What I like about this kind of guitar is that you can play them on their own, or with a group, it adds to the upper end.  You can track what the other guitarist is doing exactly, but the two you make a really full sound.  It really covers the sound spectrum.

 

[texicus]

I love this build.  I don't really know what else to say!  I just think it's the coolest thing...would be blast to play!

 

[NonsenseTele]

To quote Connor:

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Stole the words 'nando!  Thats one nice little guitar, with a more unique kind of carve to it.

My friend has one of these:

Tanglewood mini LP

and apart from the POS tuners, it's pretty cool.

 

[Rick]

Because of the compressed scale they are very rich in harmonics.  As before, I have similar electic papoose I resusitated, and will never sell.  It's my travel guitar.

 

[hannaugh]

It's so cute!  The pickups look like you mounted harmonicas in it because it's so small in comparison.  Sound clips!

 

[Orpheo]

lovely top, love the carve of the guitar, but I find it a HUGE shame that its so small I can only imagine how a 'full grown' LP would look like if you'd build it!

but nevertheless...  :headbang1: :headbang1: :headbang1: