Another great start to a great guitar!!

Did you hawk tuah the wood before gluing?

my back hurts looking at that already! guess theyll be some patented nsj guitars carves to skinny it up!

I theenk… I’d buy in a 5 string nut from Graphtec that has the guide string slots already partially cut (or moulded, whatever they do), and the bridge. From those, you’ll have a pretty accurate idea of your neck/board outline. Still cheaper than templates, and you’ll at least use the bridge if not the nut as well…

Looking good already man

A carved top Tele five string bass! COOL! Looking forward to which hardware you go with.

This is gonna be a monster!

Wow that was an eye catching thumbnail. Saw it at the end of other videos didnt even realize it was you. That looks to be one heavy beastie with that chonky thick body and what looks like a neck that will go on forever (I know it will be cut way back) What % of weight do you think will disappear with control cavities and pick up cavities and carves? MAYBE 20%-25%? Oh and I made a straight board and sealed it a bunch of times and have begun the flattening process on that plane per your advice. I only have 320 grit roll paper so it may take a bit more effort. I got almost an hour on it already and seeing results. That tail though is where its wayy out of line with the rest. I may take a file to that a bit to save time.

Another epic build! Do a V after the bass!

I think this is one of your best builds. Dane and Saul are right, look up the ‘50’s wiring for Les Paul, it works more like the way us Fender guys expect.

Another beauty Niel.

Wow! Another GORGEOUS build! LP is my favorite body style for guitar. I love watching your work as it is unfiltered and love watching you work through issues as they come up. Keep up the great work. You are an inspiration to us all! If you do another LP build in the future, might I suggest doing one with Floyd. Cheers!

Bass, Bass, Bass!!!! 🤣

That's a really lovely guitar - as you say, perfect combination of back and top. And I like the modified lower horn - you did it better than most commercial LP copies! What pickups did you fit? (Sorry if I missed it in the video). Cheers.

Another quality guitar, strange with the controls as you say "who knew" looks superb

That looks amazing Neil. It sounds really good too the way you have it eq'd It has a really acoustic sound to it. Digging that super clean sound.

Looks and sounds good - versatile too. Big 👍🏽

Great guitar!!!

Good job !!!

Killer guitar Niel, I think you need 50s wiring to get the guitars volume to be independent of each other I’m have no idea with it’s not the norm to wire the guitar like that

Rock on Niel! Your first REAL guitar! What's it weigh?

Love the natural ash finish

Absolute knockout of a Les Paul!

Nice axe Neil. Not sure if there is a way to solve the volume thing as they back feed through each other with 2 volume pots.

Is the 5 string bass going to be a multiscale? That would be cool...

Wow, that turned out nice!! Gotta great sound.

Beautiful guitar Neil. Great playing as well. The 50's wiring lets you control the volumes without them going all the way off. I've never liked the "newer" set up. The series/ parallel is the better way to "coil plot" IMHO. Not only does it sound better it retains the hum canceling of the pickups.

She turned out a beaut! And you're well able to play too mate - nicely done overall!

Beautiful job Neil 👍 Nice and clean looking & sounding guitar 🎸 Glad you’re not repeating yourself anymore lol 😂

beautiful

I like the new horn shape.

I agree about the neck heel, it looks much better now. Runout on the drill press making the holes slightly bigger? That's my bet.

Hi Niel! How're you? This guitar is looking amazing, congrats my friend! Peace and long life! 🖖

Looking good Niel!! An oversized hole is from runout at the end of the drill. Could have had dirt on the drill when chucking, not seated right when chucking, a bent drill.... I like how the heel carve ended up.

Hi , it's looking great. i've stopped worrying about making mistakes in guitars i build.. if i drill the holes to big i just carve it out and put a bit of geometric inlay in them.. reminds me of an interview a stone carver was giving.. the interviewer said that's a lovely garden gnome you made. the stone carver said .. '' well , it started off as patio slab , but bit's kept breaking off.

I bought a gold top from Thomann last year. The finish on the back really made it come out orange, too. This video was your "bd luck" video, from the finish not eing what you wanted to those 11mm holes that decided to be larger. Way to shrug it off and go on.

I’ll have a shot when you reach 700 subs, etc. Crown Royal....neat. Down the hatch.

Cool progress Niel!! I have never seen a leg carve.

You repeated yourself so many times about the belly carves & bridge set up! Just get on with it, I’m loving it so far mate 👍

LP style with belly & leg carves- I love it! Great work as always and always nice to see Casper.

Looks good Neil.

LTD EMG BLT M O U S E! For a Cat that one is actually pretty chill. Most every other cat I know understands when you do not want them a round so they will ALWAYS be right in the way of what you are doing. then when you want time with the buggers they will sit next to you until you reach down to them then they will step just out of reach and sit back down.

The binding can be filled with a slurry of binding shavings and acetone/thinners and shaved back with a stanley blade if it's possible to fill the crack at all. Body looks absolutely mint - and I hear you about the hole drilling, absolutely terrifies me that I'll go off in the slightly wrong direction :D

I think Casper is more into Fendery guitars! The ESP LTD style with all the comfort and access cuts really works. Great stuff, Niel!

On average how long does a build take you, seems like you do one a week

This guy being the real MVP keeping the videos under 18 minutes 👌

Acetone works well, I couldn't find any locally so I went with standard thinners used for cleaning spray guns and it worked a treat. I guess any solvent would work. 5 seconds with a heat gun will help you get around corners with no worries, even the lower horn ones.

Amazing work on the neck / body transition, and nice save on the biding! Congrats mate! Peace and long life! 🖖

Might I suggest a hair dryer for when you do binding. It warms the material enough but wont melt it unless you hold it in one place forever. It softens the binding and conforms it to curves better so the tape doesnt have to support so much resistance. It also makes tight curves like the horns MUCH easier and far less likely to snap. Awesome progress in one video though. This is coming along nicely.

Another one with loads of progress. Warp speed, Niel!