Building Les Pauls
with Freddy Gabrsek
Part 3

 

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I've glued on the holly overlay and now I'm gluing on the fingerboard.

 

 

Notice the little blocks of hardwood that I superglued on to the mahogany ...this is to trap the fingerboard so that it can't slide around when gluing.

 

 

A template for the peghead profile.

 

 

The peghead cut out.

 

 

I use a router with a pattern following bit to route the neck width profile.

 

 

The finished neck profile.

 

 

Inlaying the crowns.

 

 

On to fretting.

 

 

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