Looking good - I also agree - there is a real benefit in making good templates. I also checked out your website - some really nice guitars. I've started building a range of my own designs and love making something different each time and using recycled wood where I can. I don't have a TH-cam channel, but post my build progress on the Guitar Builders Collective (I was a guest a couple of weeks ago). I also have my own website where I document the build progress. I have enjoyed all of your past videos, so looking forward to learning a bit more about Les Pauls!. Cheers.
Yes, good templates are a huge benefit, I'll take a look at your work, like you say original designs are fun to make, I really enjoyed doing the resin topped guitars, also with reclaimed wood. With prices of luthier woods getting so expensive it makes sense to use reclaimed.
Wow! The two bursts are fantastic, they really have presence. Funny how Bartlet don't show contours, but do sell carved tops, ha, ha. I don't see making replicas as an issue, apart from passing them off as originals ( There are plenty of ways of verification to prove the real thing from a fake, especially because the price they fetch would need appraisal before any money changed hands ). You can buy Fender decals and Gibbo headstock veneers already inlaid any way. I once bought a ST drawing purely for the body outline. If you made all the components from the drawing it would never fit together. Tbh. the only way to get an historic instrument like the mando and guitar on your bench would be to commission them from a luthier.
Thank you. Building historic instruments is one of my favourite things to do, starting with the research and moving on to the build. Like you say, lots of parts are available , if the main manufacturers didn't want copies made why do they sell all the vintage spec parts?
They are a PAF clone but not expensive, they do sound nice though. The buiilds cost a LOT of money and I couldn't justify really expensive pickups, they are vintage pole spacing so the covers could be swapped, the surrounds are CAB plastic and accurate. To be honest I don't play that much and pickups are such a personal choice and easy to change out. Both guitars have been gigged by local musicians and they sound pretty darn good, not too overdriven and quite mellow.
Looking good - I also agree - there is a real benefit in making good templates. I also checked out your website - some really nice guitars.
I've started building a range of my own designs and love making something different each time and using recycled wood where I can. I don't have a TH-cam channel, but post my build progress on the Guitar Builders Collective (I was a guest a couple of weeks ago). I also have my own website where I document the build progress.
I have enjoyed all of your past videos, so looking forward to learning a bit more about Les Pauls!. Cheers.
Yes, good templates are a huge benefit, I'll take a look at your work, like you say original designs are fun to make, I really enjoyed doing the resin topped guitars, also with reclaimed wood. With prices of luthier woods getting so expensive it makes sense to use reclaimed.
I took a look at your website, great work and a nice story!
@@3rguitars890 That's really kind - cheers.
Those are incredible!! Super job ❤
Thanks so much! 😊It took a lot of research, fortunately there's a lot of good information available.
Wow! The two bursts are fantastic, they really have presence. Funny how Bartlet don't show contours, but do sell carved tops, ha, ha. I don't see making replicas as an issue, apart from passing them off as originals ( There are plenty of ways of verification to prove the real thing from a fake, especially because the price they fetch would need appraisal before any money changed hands ). You can buy Fender decals and Gibbo headstock veneers already inlaid any way. I once bought a ST drawing purely for the body outline. If you made all the components from the drawing it would never fit together. Tbh. the only way to get an historic instrument like the mando and guitar on your bench would be to commission them from a luthier.
Thank you. Building historic instruments is one of my favourite things to do, starting with the research and moving on to the build. Like you say, lots of parts are available , if the main manufacturers didn't want copies made why do they sell all the vintage spec parts?
The 59's look very good, what pickups are in them ??
They are a PAF clone but not expensive, they do sound nice though. The buiilds cost a LOT of money and I couldn't justify really expensive pickups, they are vintage pole spacing so the covers could be swapped, the surrounds are CAB plastic and accurate. To be honest I don't play that much and pickups are such a personal choice and easy to change out. Both guitars have been gigged by local musicians and they sound pretty darn good, not too overdriven and quite mellow.
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