Ultimate Rhoads

Thanks very much Tito

A lot of the songs I write are very personal and this came off the back of a hard time for me. Really glad you enjoyed it, it really makes it worthwhile.

Deranged rock version of John Denvers amazing piece (not perfect, but....!):

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10183348

Hope you enjoy.

Sorry Stewie, read "madman" above your avatar, rather than the name.....Still, it's better than some...haha Estimated cost for the wood, inlays. fretwire and binding.......About £120. Add another £100 for paint (I used pre-mixed nitrocellulose rattle cans). Pickups I already owned and are ...

Hi Madman, Nope, no real experience other than playing guitars for 30 years and messing around with them. The best resources are online and you can learn a great amount from them. The main things are: Measure three times, cut once. Take your time, even though waiting is difficult. Study the guitar y...

Not Randy, but it's an understated genius in the form of Wolf Hoffman....Princess of the Dawn Solo. Bit rough around the edges and the sound isn't too good with the camera, but you get the idea.

Peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og2zq8c6YPg

Thanks very much guys....Workshop eh..? Oh, you mean my hi-tech manufacturing facility...haha

It plays great and the more I use it, the more it surprises me.

If you ever get the chance, just build yourself a guitar; the amount you learn is astonishing.

Cheers LesPauly. It certainly does. I've quite a few Les Pauls and this beats all of them for sustain and tone, even the Custom Shop ones..! I can't wait to get the PAF Daddys in it and see what it sounds like. The pups in there are 30 year old Tim Shaw PAFS anyway, so they sound really good, but th...

Well it certainly looks the part, I've always kinda preferred plain tops to flame so its right up my street. Rob Cheers Rob. It sounds it too....The sustain is like nothing I've ever played. The humbuckers will be changed for some Shed Pickups, hand made PAF Daddys and I've a no-wire ABR1 bridge co...

Been away for a while, so happy new year to you all, hope it's good to you. Here's my first ever scratch built '58....I'm quite chuffed: http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s305/tatey39/DSCN2785.jpg She started life as pieces of wood and has been built as close to an original 1958 Les Paul as I can m...

A very belated thanks very much David :D Couple of bits I recorded of me getting used to my home-built '58 Les Paul. It took me a couple of months to build from scratch, but has been well worth it. Sorry about the poor "Over the Mountain" solo and fluffed arpeggios. The second clip is the ...

Cheers Rice, Strats are cool, but I just couldn't get along with mine, everything was perfect, but I just couldn't get around her....!?!

Well, here's the crap video (sorry about the playing, but it's been a long week..... ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee1AExrdSBU

Hey Rice, my plan to replace every other guitar with a Les Paul is working then.... :D Thanks very much Whipper. I am a professional Civil Engineer, but I have always enjoyed working with timber, metals and other assorted gear. It's funny, a couple of very experienced and recognised luthiers have se...

Thanks Rice and Matt. It's mahogany and maple, with mahogany neck (as per Gibsons). The only difference may be in the number of pieces used to construct it and the general quality of the timbers. For working purposes, the wood is the same and most components fit with a few slight modifications. The ...

Thanks very much guys.. :mrgreen: The faceplate is an imported Gibson historic R9 factory piece I managed to get hold of with the logo inlaid, The head had to be completely reshaped and pieces added to the side, neck joint and wing bases to allow me to then shape it correctly. Some carefully applied...

Thought you may appreciate this thread as it is dedicated to a build (salvage) I have been carrying out over the last couple of months. The guitar started life as an Epiphone Les Paul Plus Top (59?), but had been absolutely destroyed by it's previous owner who had sanded it back, managing to go thro...