Building Les Pauls Part 5 

Freddy, I've been watching your videos in complete awe since I was 11-12 years old. Just turned 21 and I'm finally building my first Les Paul. Re-watching these to learn as much as I can... thanks for all the amazing content over the years.

My friend, you are a real pro, and having your dad around is a real plus. Great series.

MAN FREDDY YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF PRECISION LUTHERY I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO SHOW US YOUR METHODS. THANKS AND AGAIN YOUR DAD IS A GEM AS WELL.

Love the video’s and the bench cookies.I’m looking to start making some guitar bodies soon

Definitive explanation of guitar building from a skilled artisan. Great videos!

Thank you Freddy, for youre nice LP building video serie's. In march 2024 i start my third build.

Man that's just fantastic. What a hell of a series!

Great work and very informative videos!

Love seeing your dad involved! Great work!

Love your Dad! Haven't seen mine for too long, so now I'm gonna go see him tomorrow. Fine work on the gits as well.

Thank good guys like you are building guitars with care and pride somthing Gibson lost years ago. Keep up the good work.

Loving these series! I've already build a few LPs myself but every build thread or video teaches you something new. And it's always great to see the masters at work! Thanks very much for the carve templates as well.

Freddy, your dad is the coolest!

Another interesting video about the same work I do. Very special you and your dad are both on the project, like to see that. I wish you all the best with your nice guitars.

Anyone can learn to programme, use photoshop, edit videos etc in a short time. But this here takes years of precision craftsmanship, any man would be proud of!

always great to watch your vids. Thanks Freddy!

Thanks for taking the time to make these vids. Great stuff.

Spectacular video! In the boat yard, we called it a bevel gauge. We also had bevel boards to set the angle against.

Thanks so much for sharing your templates! Maybe this year i will build my dream guitar.

I really enjoy building these and especially these parts. I built a copy carver of a similar style a few years ago, boy, lots of patience required! I am estimating this guitar lands smack on 8lbs, judging by the look of that body wood endgrain :)

have referred to it as an "angle finder" for almost 30 years now lol love the Vids Freddy

The tenons have not been trimmed down to final length in this video. They will be in the next video when I fit the necks to the bodies.

Freddy in the U.K. We call the tool you used to cut the angles of the neck a sliding bevel. Ged

Not even Gibson builds a Les Paul this well.

That's real cool you got your pappy there with ya.

Great video series. The tool at around 19 odd minutes I know as a bevel guage, or sliding T. Edit. I see you had a catalogue later on.

very nice work,, ( that tool is a bevel square,, ) best tool in the workbox, for finish guys, ...

perfect! thanks for sharing

This kind of instruction would cost at least 10k. Ask me how I know. Hahaha. Thanks Freddy. Much appreciated!

I use those sanders too, it's A DA sander meant for wood. I think they are turning too fast, makes them too hard to control. They are vibrating, bouncing, buzzing, etc, so I got me a variac ( a variable AC transformer), and turned it down to about 80 volts, when I plug the sander into that, it's more control-able.

NICE JOB, tip; CA (AKA CyanoAcrylate or super glue) needs moisture to set. Baking soda will also make it set too, so will cotton

Might try some different thicknesses of neoprene for sanding blocks as well, the rubber worked out to hard for me for certain applications but perfect for others.

You should do a video about your dad, he's a very interesting dude. Did he teach you woodworking?

Hey Watertown, SD. Just down the road from me

Hi Freddy, I did not see how you cut the neck-pocket. Do you sell an in-depth video series on this How-to ‘59 Les Paul project? Thanks again Freddy. These videos are so very helpful.

Great to see more videos, hope all is well up in the Great White North! The NFT Floyd I got from you is still going strong (although now that they have parts available, I should probably replace some of the screws or maybe get a new saddle set, give it a makeover.) Hey, here's a question: do you over-radius EVO fretwire? I'm perfectly comfortable doing my own refrets, but so far have only used nickel wire (Jescar, my fave.) Now that I've narrowed down my favorite sizes, I'd like to plop some EVO onto my guitars, but I'm not sure if it needs to be over-radiused like NS or exact-radiused like SS. I generally go about 4" tighter on NS than the fretboard radius, but I'm not sure if that would be too much for EVO and I'm worried it would spring back. I hammer in my frets with a brass-faced deadblow backed with a shot-filled bag. Take care, eh! ;)

hi, i like the concept of this, could you tell me what that machine is with the router attached... many thanks

do you ship to the UK and how much for a body and neck with holes and pickup roughs?

Hey FreddysFrets, I played Pete Townsend on my 78 LP custom several decades ago. The LP has sentimental value and I'm going to restore it. I have a 5A flame billet that I'll be prepping and mating to the mahogany bottom during the summer. What would you charge to copy carve the top and leave it at that. I'll take care of the rest.

Thank you Freddy! I am a HUGE Les Paul collector and player. Do you sell these? So very interesting. Bill

Freddy...do you have any videos from BEFORE you got that c&c - like thing for carving the top? I've never done this before and I'm not that flush so Ive gotta start small; but I do want to do it. Very slowly of course, because I'm still wrestling with the measurement concepts for the neck!

What is the thickness of material you used to prop up the template for the neck pocket angle?

Hi, Freddie. Question; what is climb cutting?

очень круто!!! gibson завидует вам)))

Se puder ativar a legenda, seria ótimo!!

I have always heard that square being called a "squaggle"

aah ive just googled the marlin name.. not much info. how much do they cost. cheers freddy frets g8 name

So did you route the mortise flat and do the angle into the tenon?

can you reup the links for templates? Are there some subtle curves in the 60" that are different from a 59"

is that standard length for the tenon, or is it longer?

The link to the template only has one page in the pdf file?

The tool is called a sliding bevel

Was Gibson using orbital sanders back then?

hello.and how wide is 13 inches?

THAT'S HILLARIOUS, ONLY A GUITAR BUILDER WOULD HAVE SCRAP BRAZILIAN LYING AROUND TO USE AS A CAUL, I'M GUILTY OF THAT MYSELF, I NEVER THROUGH ANY OF MY CUTOFFS AWAY.

Why not place the camera DOWN on one spot...I got DIZZY watching the videos...too much movement while you explain the process...otherwise GREAT work..

How can I contact you about doing some work for me?

You shouldn't call them led Paul's since people tend to think of Gibson which today no one wants to be compared to since them pump out shit now and yours are made right unlike Gibson's fails.

Sliding bevel.