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Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:52 pm
by monsterwalley
As the title states, I built a small scale les paul for my daughters birthday. It's this weekend
and I just finished it up tonight.

I scaled it down to 84% and the neck is a 20.706" scale. I took 3/4" off of the length of the headstock
so it wasn't so overwhelming. I routed for p-90's and used exposed mini humbuckers (rio grande baby buckers)
to keep things proportionate. She will be 9 so I was concerned about weight so I chambered it.

It plays through my metro 45 and full stack sounding just like my full size 59 replica I built earlier.

I have a build thread going at MLP if anyones interested.


http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthier ... build.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:50 pm
by spaceace76
unbelievable! :shock: :shock: :shock:

man i wish i was your kid! that's gonna be a hell of a birthday. awesome work!

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:43 pm
by wdelaney72
Quite possibly one of the most amazing threads EVER.

UNBELIEVABLE!

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:21 pm
by snoof
Really nice man, great job!

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:48 pm
by monsterwalley
Thanks!

It's my 2nd scratch build guitar. It's fun but expensive.

She gets it Oct.17

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:08 pm
by Spodeeodee
Awesome build!

It was also a pleasant surprise to see the King of Country Western Troubadours!

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:21 pm
by monsterwalley
Spodeeodee wrote:Awesome build!

It was also a pleasant surprise to see the King of Country Western Troubadours!


"yeh, yeh"........"gonna pick one.............." 8)

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:57 pm
by fillmore nyc
snoof wrote:Really nice man, great job!
+1,000... killer build!!
:D :D

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:38 am
by cole
Sweetest thread I have seen in ages....congrats on this!!!!!!!!

Beautiful!!!

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:31 am
by philmanatee
Very impressive! Thanks for that. Phil

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:36 pm
by gutpile
WOW!! read that entire thread!! very cool!! so how does she like it? unfortunately, she probably won't appreciate the work and talent until much later in life!!! :wink: great job!! 8) 8)

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:06 pm
by monsterwalley
Thanks guys! I had a blast doing it.





gutpile wrote:WOW!! read that entire thread!! very cool!! so how does she like it? unfortunately, she probably won't appreciate the work and talent until much later in life!!! :wink: great job!! 8) 8)
We'll find out tomorrow the, 17th :wink:

I am going to try and maybe get a video of the "unveiling" and post in my thread at MLP.

I also kept a build book with photo's from start to finish to be kept with the guitar. Kind of corny now, but when she's older
and I'm shitting my diapers in a retirement home somewhere it might be kinda cool.

Thanks for looking, I am pretty stoked about this!

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:20 am
by amp boy
father of the year award.
you should be proud of yourself.
this was an awesome thing to have accomplished.


and of course..............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X69rIzFQDY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
heee heeee.....these are funny.
:D

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:50 am
by Omn
Congratulations to Cami!

That is an amazingly good looking guitar!!!
Absolute superb build, and an extraordinary thread...

What a great gift.
From a great father.


My respect

Re: Scaled down Les Paul

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:27 am
by monsterwalley
Thanks again guys. I must admit though, It was a good excuse to
get to build another guitar :lol:

Does that mean I have to turn my father of the year award back in? :shock: :? :lol:



Ampboy:


That's funny you posted that particular clip of "unknown". That is the one that I stumbled
upon that spiked my interest in him. If anyone gets the chance to see him live, do so. Great show!