Les Paul Project

I haven't quite got this regular update thing down yet have I? Anyway this blog seems to be picking up a teeny tiny bit of steam, what I'm about to say next may seem minor to everyone but for me this is massive. On the 15th of Feb this blog had 16 views on one day:)the most its ever had in a day. Of course not everything is dandy on the 17th of Jan this page ahd 1 view. So I guess you could say its been a mixed month. But now onto the main event the 'les Paul project'. I picked this up from my freind Ben on the first day of the summer holidays for 2£ in less then amazing condition.




After a bit of blood (I still have a scar from where a loose fret cut my arm) and hours of ironing the guitar (Using the steams etting to weaken the fretboard glue thus making it easier to pull off) I was left with this.


After this I sanded down the body and cut down the remainder of the neck. What now though? well I'm gunna route the neck pocket to transfrom this guitar into a bolt on neck guitar and do a 'swirl' finish (Google 'swirl guitars'). This is the les Paul as it looks now. So long and goodnight.

Projects!

Happy new year even if it is late, anyways heres to hoping this is a good year for this blog and as I promised in the last post here are some projects I'm working on.

Bits and Bobs: This is just a picture of some random bits of guitars I have lying around. The telecaster body was bought as part of a tech project but I do not need it now so I'm thinking about respraying surf green and doing a 50's theme. well thats just an idea I'll post some blogs about it when I get my final idea.

The Tabasco Guitar: I picked up this guitar from the dump( I know classy) and deceided to do something a bit different so I thought it could become a tabasco bottle! This guitar is being hand-painted which is painstaking to say the least. If I did another one of these i'd spray it for sure. EVH full size Guitar: well lol i've got a lot of work to do. EVH 3/4 Guitar: This is my first ever attempt at refinishing a guitar. It took a while to finish this guitar, in fact it took me two hours just to mask up the guitar, but i was happy with the outcome of the guitar in the end.

Next post: I will be showing you the last of my projects as it is a fairly tough project I thought it deserved its own post.