How to build a Les Paul Style Guitar the

"HARD WAY"

By John Fisher

(Jon Tirone)

Introduction

The Design

Shaping the Body

Routing the Body and Installing the Binding

Home made truss Rod

The Neck

The Fret Board

Joining the Neck

The Inlays

The Finish

Wiring the Guitar

 

Some Photos

 

 Hey! Would you

like to hear it? Then download

this MP3 (169kb)

This clip was recorded clean on my computer using a Sure SM57 microphone. I played it through my home made 15 watt tube amp with no effects except a bit of reverb. The select switch on the guitar was in the middle using both of the humbucking pickups.

 

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