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Hey man, happy to explain this further. First, sorry to hear about the post and your dad’s woodworking tools. Having lots of great tools makes the job faster, and often the end product is going to be of a higher quality, but for me, learning with smaller and cheaper tools was a sweet season...

This has been my go-to for a while now! Weapon of choice today

Yes- I’m working on a video I took with my Dad of him playing it and sharing some of his thoughts on the guitar. I’ll have a few audio samples built into that video and he’s working on building a few more too. He’s very happy. Until then here is a video from the first day I strung it up:

Thanks guys- it’s a lot of work to create these things but I like to share the things I’m passionate about. This was a surreal experience!

Post #22: Completion and initial thoughts It's done! These first few chords felt phenomenal. The quad statesman has that Vox style break up, so it sounds instantly Queen-esque. A few thoughts: It feels and plays amazing. It's for sure influenced by the fact I made the...

Post 21: Final Assembly and Nut Construction After final polish and electrical install is complete, I can wire in the pickups, and begin mounting all the hardware. I used all Gibson Historic 'replacement' hardware for this build, in nickel to match the nickel pickup covers as well. Once...

Post #20 : Wet Sanding and Electronics In the majority of my (albeit short) time building guitars, I have wet sanded my finishes. There can be some drawbacks when wet sanding, primarily water getting into unfinished areas and causing havoc to the finish itself, by swelling wood. Moderation is...

T Haha thank you man, I’ll try to post more by the weekend!

Man, thank you. This was a lot of work, and more work still to assemble a thread with pics, so I'm glad to hear people have been enjoying to follow along.

Post #19: Clear coating and Decal application In Canada, there's not too many options for Nitrocellulose lacquer, but one fantastic company I've been using faithfully for my builds is Oxford Supply Company. These guys have stellar products and their customer service rules. Because the color for...

I now lean towards quality than quantity. I used to have a bunch of cheaper guitars but slowly refined some things. Amps on the other hand…

Lovely work. I’d agree that it’s an impression, I just find when comparing the dry surface the first day in comparison to the dry surface the following day, there’s a notable difference in the two. I regret I don’t have photos of that particular comparison. I’ll share a comparison image later...

I’m not particularly a scientist with this at all. I may be using the wrong words, but the colour desaturates to a certain degree on each build I do. I think applying by hand means the dye goes deeper into the wood, and continues to migrate as it dries out in the first 24 hours. I have yet to...

Post #18: Staining the 'Burst In the 50s (and today) the method of choice was shooting the burst onto the guitar with a spray gun. By this point in the build Dad had long figured out (It's been months of building at this point!) that this guitar was for him, and I decided that I wanted his...

Post #17: Back Dye and Serial Stamping The goal with this guitar was to build Dad his ideal Les Paul. From the carve, components to colors, I wanted this to be his larger than life ideal. The way I am doing things here deviates from the way things were done in the 50's, but I was confident in...

Post #16: Finish Sanding and Dye prep During the wood working phases of building, I usually aim for 220 at each step. Sometimes I'll only go so far as 120 to roughly shape something in, so prior to taping up the guitar for pore filling, I'll go over the entire guitar again with 220. I don't...

Post 15: Headstock Veneer, Neck Glue-Up, Parts Fitment In full disclosure: This guitar was/is a gift, will not be sold, has not been sold. Like the first post indicated; this is the first Les Paul I have ever made, and it's heirloom territory for the family. This guitar has been marked on the...

Post #14 - Fretwork At this point it's time to dial in my fretwork. It's easier to do fretwork off the guitar, and as long as the neck pocket geometry is properly set, I haven't had issues doing my fretwork separate from the body. I used to use radius blocks (seen earlier in the thread) for...

Post #13: Neck Carving Carving a neck is up there with inlay fitting. It's on the more romanticized side of building guitars. I choose to use rasps, files and scrapers of different kinds to shape my necks. I've been looking at spoke shaves, but that will be for another build. The goal here was...

Post #12: Celluloid Side Dots To prep for side dots, I cut the excess binding with a boxcutter. Slow process, but it's worth taking the time to do well. Too much removed and it will be seen in the finish product. I choose to shape around the fret end nib with a file (Instead of getting as close...