Scaled down Les Paul

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:52 pm

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;

spaceace76 · Post by **spaceace76** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:50 pm

unbelievable!

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

wdelaney72 · Post by **wdelaney72** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:43 pm

Quite possibly one of the most amazing threads EVER.

UNBELIEVABLE!

snoof · Post by **snoof** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:21 pm

Really nice man, great job!

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:48 pm

Thanks!

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

She gets it Oct.17

Spodeeodee · Post by **Spodeeodee** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:08 pm

Awesome build!

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

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:21 pm

Spodeeodee wrote:Awesome build!

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

"yeh, yeh"........"gonna pick one.............."

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:57 pm

snoof wrote:Really nice man, great job!

+1,000... killer build!!

cole · Post by **cole** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:38 am

Sweetest thread I have seen in ages....congrats on this!!!!!!!!

Beautiful!!!

philmanatee · Post by **philmanatee** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:31 am

Very impressive! Thanks for that. Phil

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:36 pm

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!!

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:06 pm

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!

amp boy · Post by **amp boy** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:20 am

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.

Omn · Post by **Omn** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:50 am

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

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:27 am

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!

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