WickedBanshee
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I'm finally at a point where I think I can start a thread on my first build. I've always had a yearning to build my own guitar but I can honestly say that it might not have happened if I hadn't found this message board. More specifically, the Scattervarius thread. I'm a Les Paul guy, I have many other guitars but I always come back to Les Paul's, so that's what I wanted to build but I wanted it a little bit different. A little bit special. But I never really knew what/how I wanted it different. So ScatterLee was nice enough to sell me a template. 
Now I don't want any negative people saying that I'm copying him or whatever. I probably would have just bought his except that I want humbuckers, Jimmy Page style wiring, etc. If he's fine with it and sold me a template then everyone else should be too. After all 90% of you are copying Mr. Les Paul's design anyway.
I also don't want to piss off any professional Luthier's on here if I ask people for questions. I more than appreciate all of your help and the sharing of your knowledge. I know I could pay a professional Luthier to build me one and I'm not trying to "take away business from them". It's more of a guitarist wanting to feel a special connection with his instrument type of thing. I want to create music. Truely create it. Not just write a song but to create the instrument that makes the sound then use that sound to write my songs.
So let's light this firecracker....
The Body: Black Limba 1 Piece
I was originally going to go w/ the piece on the right but it had some knotholes and other things wrong with it and since I have no experience I ended choosing the one on the left which is a little more plain but a perfect slab of wood.
The first cuts. I know I'm not that close to the line but this was literally the first time I have ever used a bandsaw and wanted to get a rough cut then remeasure with the template.
I should probably say that this thread/build is going to go slow at first as it's tax season and I'm working 80 hrs a week right now for the next couple months and can't do any more at my house cause I don't have any tools. My Dad works at the school back home (an hour and a half away) and my mom's cousin is the shop teacher so I can use all the big equipment there and consult with him when I need help.

Now I don't want any negative people saying that I'm copying him or whatever. I probably would have just bought his except that I want humbuckers, Jimmy Page style wiring, etc. If he's fine with it and sold me a template then everyone else should be too. After all 90% of you are copying Mr. Les Paul's design anyway.
I also don't want to piss off any professional Luthier's on here if I ask people for questions. I more than appreciate all of your help and the sharing of your knowledge. I know I could pay a professional Luthier to build me one and I'm not trying to "take away business from them". It's more of a guitarist wanting to feel a special connection with his instrument type of thing. I want to create music. Truely create it. Not just write a song but to create the instrument that makes the sound then use that sound to write my songs.
So let's light this firecracker....
The Body: Black Limba 1 Piece
I was originally going to go w/ the piece on the right but it had some knotholes and other things wrong with it and since I have no experience I ended choosing the one on the left which is a little more plain but a perfect slab of wood.

The first cuts. I know I'm not that close to the line but this was literally the first time I have ever used a bandsaw and wanted to get a rough cut then remeasure with the template.

I should probably say that this thread/build is going to go slow at first as it's tax season and I'm working 80 hrs a week right now for the next couple months and can't do any more at my house cause I don't have any tools. My Dad works at the school back home (an hour and a half away) and my mom's cousin is the shop teacher so I can use all the big equipment there and consult with him when I need help.