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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!
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.............."

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!!

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!!!

great job!!

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!!!

great job!!

We'll find out tomorrow the, 17th
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.

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