Building my third Les Paul.

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

The amount of detail and precision is impressive to say the least. Mindfulness of every aspect is essential for quality at this caliber. Awesome build. Much respect…

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks for the nice comment

[@overdrv72]

You are by far the best luthier I’ve seen on KZbin. I’m deeply impressed by your ability to create such a precise masterpiece without using equipment like CNC machines. Thank you for sharing an amazing guitar build video!

[@wkmetaal]

Thank you for youre nice comment

[@k.y.e.6807]

Those jigs kept me on the edge of my seat :) Craftsmanship and guitar building at its best, well done !!

[@klikenpost2653]

jigs, measurement, calculations are 99999... even the binding, no light can escape... salute sir!

[@Kaboom66613]

Mind-blowing result! And an insane amount of work. Your video as well as LPJ style build from Fletcher Handcrafted Guitars really makes you understand why Les Pauls are so expensive.

[@wkmetaal]

Thank you for the comment. I have looked a lot at Fletcher guitars, nice guitars and jigs.

[@junlp9492]

wow! Jigs I've never seen before. Great job!

[@jlupien502]

Absolutely beautiful artwork !!

[@druwk]

Stunning guitar! I know that it represents an incredible amount of effort and attention. If it plays and sounds half as good as it looks, it is a killer! Congratulations 🍾

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks for the comment, yes it is a killer.

[@dcaffran]

I'm in awe with the jigs you use, they're super smart! Great build!

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks, KZbin is full of beautiful ideas.

[@micheld5767]

beau travail passionnant ; mais heureusement qu'il y a de super machines , ça n'enlève rien à la réalisation. bravo

[@EntropiaGuitars]

Thanks for sharing, I'm about to begin a LP build but with some different approaches. I was surprised with the binding in the lower cutaway that you didn't reduce the wood height there manually with a carve so the maple didn't show under the binding. I'm very impressed with your use of your own created jigs and techniques. Very clever thinking throughout this whole video!

[@wkmetaal]

You're absolutely right about that. This applies only to the guitars made between 1952 through 1960. ( source reference: book " The beauty of the burst") with this build guitar, I kept the dimensions of Les Paul's 1959. The donut ring you see in the video provides the lift up

[@EntropiaGuitars]

@@wkmetaal Thanks for taking the time to reply, I genuinely didn't know that about the year difference. That's my evenings reading sorted!

[@markdalton6662]

I love to see people use the proper truss rod when making a les Paul style guitar

[@marcomirri7227]

Grandissimo lavoro, complimenti!! Great build, with my super compliments!!

[@wkmetaal]

Thank you for your nice comment.

[@josepheucolono]

Pro piece of work!

[@briansilcox5720]

Fabulous presentation, stunning build result, thank you for taking the trouble and time to record and share.

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks, it was a great pleasure.

[@danialm8122]

when i watching Fletcher channel i really love that luthier. But i saw your channel is interesting for me. i love your work, detail, art and how you made the jig. sorry for my bad english.

[@tabushcamp]

Great vid, excellent luthier, and a beautiful guitar. Well done my friend.

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks for youre nice comment.

[@oliver9089]

Wow, you are set up quite well for building Les Pauls. You could probably crank them out fairly efficiently at this point.

[@manxttmann]

Amazing build and very inspiring! Cheers from Sweden!

[@BraMKJ]

Hey, de Arnhemse Fijnhouthandel! Vorige week nog geweest voor mijn volgende project. Gave gitaar, mooi werk!

[@wkmetaal]

Dank je, succes met jouw project.

[@iguanabartola]

Amazing work! Wow!

[@davidhession4753]

Beautiful build,

[@royyimchannel55]

This is tutorial very good . ❤

[@arjanboes2024]

Top gitaar, top video! Petje af hoor!

[@roy2201]

Fantastisch mooie gitaar... Fret nibs en het zou helemaal geweldig zijn .... Top man!!

[@wkmetaal]

Dank voor je reactie. Fret nibs lijken idd zeer fraai. Tis wel een behoorlijk extra werkje....

[@roy2201]

@wkmetaal dat snap ik.. Was ook zeker niet om afbreuk te doen aan het resultaat.. Ze is gewoon fantastisch mooi geworden. Ook zonder de nibs 👍

[@wkmetaal]

Ja zeker, ben er zeer tevreden over, klinkt ook prachtig.

[@jeffboyd5299]

Beautiful build.

[@scoobydoo936]

I like the mojo tone 59 too and have put them in my build, they sound wonderful and are quite affordable.

[@wkmetaal]

Thank you for your comment, and yes these sound very good, am happy with it.

[@stevenbodo965]

That's a lot of filing on the neck. I thought you would have a clever little jig for this too, anyway, I enjoyed the video. I'm amazed by your tonewood inventory, it's like a candy shop.

[@wkmetaal]

Thank you for your response. Filing the guitar neck gives me a bit more the feeling that I manually make a guitar

[@CaptainRon1913]

At least you didn't put "Gibson" on the headstock like so many clone builders do

[@Ibaneddie76]

Great job it looks really cool, can I make one suggestion as a fellow guitar builder please get yourself a big router, that little battery powered thing is designed for finish work and you are a good enough builder to deserve a powerful router that you don't have to struggle so hard with!

[@wkmetaal]

Lol, youre absolute right.😅

[@henkaingberg]

Stunning!

[@humbertholzmann674]

stunning build. Is there a link for your favour guitars wood shop?

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks for the comment, try this: www.af.nl

[@Argentuza]

4:10 what router are you using there? amazing work, thanks for sharing!

[@blackdemons79]

can u tell me in detail timber store names and locatio or website

[@Tipan1]

Where is the store in Arnhem? Do they have a website? Thank you

[@BadassBrutusGuitar]

Prachtig geworden!!! 👍🎸

[@wkmetaal]

Dank je.

[@MikeStryder]

Wow. Congrats. Nice Projekt :) I think the Fotos in the BoB Book are not so good. Way to orange

[@andjeladicorbic]

Respect...

[@alihabibzadeh16]

Your work is truly admirable, like a piece of art. I’d like to ask you a question: which template did you use? Did you purchase it from StewMac? Also, where did you get or download the paper that was on the benxh? I’m planning to do some research on Les Paul as well, so I wanted to ask you for this information. Many thanks!

[@wkmetaal]

I have the templates from Germany (guitabou.de). The drawing (plan) from Bartlett guitar parts.

[@вованосков-у3ю]

it is necessary to join together with a hand plane before gluing

[@AndrewAHayes]

You need two perfectly flat edges, it depends on how flat they are to start with, if they are close, then sanding can achieve this, if not then planing should be used, I suppose routing and then sanding could also be employed.

[@stealingtomorrowband]

Does that wood store have a website?

[@nikolasadair]

Gibson lawsuit in 3... 2...

[@kayasper6081]

That is not a joke. I build guitars too (formerly in Arnhem, the Netherlands, now in Spain. Aspe Guitars). During my first years I built several Gibson LP copies until I was visited at my stand during a guitar show by a lawyer from Gibson! They gave me a very serious last warning.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

You can build any guitar that you like, as long as it’s for personal use. Just don’t put a Gibson logo on it. They can’t do anything. Gibson likes to try and scare people..

[@Murphy_R9]

Great job! Wanted to ask Did you intentionally stray from 100% pure historic spec in certain areas on purpose? You did do the long neck tenon and true ABR1 post's but there are a few minor areas where you did not stay pure historic?

[@wkmetaal]

A big difference is, that I did not glued the wood with the original glue. (that they used then) No hide glue/ hot glue.

[@jonwold]

Wow, what is the name of that wood store in Arnhem?

[@wkmetaal]

Try this: www.af.nl

[@CarloXgame]

Wood store have a link for buy online ? , great build btw 😍

[@wkmetaal]

Yes they have, but that is very limited. Better find out there on the spot. www.af.nl

[@leepek3575]

Arnhem in Netherlands?

[@leepek3575]

where is that store with tonewood?

[@wkmetaal]

@@leepek3575 www.af.nl/

[@leepek3575]

@@wkmetaal thanks so much

[@Rantila718]

It was an interesting video, something to pass the time while I’m at work, but I did notice one thing …whatever router you have under that router table. It is severely underpowered that thing sounds like it’s dying just some constructive criticism I wouldn’t go with anything less than 3 hp.

[@CBGypsy03]

Do you build for customers or strickly personal ?? Absolutely well done. What was the final weight ?? Cheers

[@wkmetaal]

I try to sell this third guitar, but it will not be sent. The weight is 4,7kg.

[@CBGypsy03]

@wkmetaal Ok, awesome job. Good luck with the sale :). It's a pretty guitar.

[@arnogrygiel]

Weer een mooi stukje vakwerk

[@wkmetaal]

Dank je, Arno.

[@leeder92]

How you still have your fingers is beyond me.

[@Jamesmyatt1313]

What kind of brush is that how do you clean it?

[@wkmetaal]

I don't do it.

[@scottdahlberg4890]

Look at all that wood Porn. Oh LORD!!!!!! Great work Sir.

[@briansilcox5720]

What weight have your previous builds come out to? Are your wood selections allowing you to target a given final weight? Thx!

[@wkmetaal]

The first build LP is 5,2kg The second (is chambered) also on my channel on KZbin, is 4,5 kg. This third build is 4,7kg. But the visual aspect of the wood is preferable.

[@thegoodguy44]

How much does the wood cost? Like the big long piece you cut first up?

[@wkmetaal]

That was a €151,- piece flamed maple.

[@thegoodguy44]

@@wkmetaal NOT CHEAP!!!!

[@markdalton6662]

It is a les paul because it is definitely not a stratocaster , and it wasn't made by gibson ., but its spect as a les Paul

[@timmyhendrix87]

Hoi! Ik word getipt door mijn collega bij COA voor jouw gitaren. Ziet er geweldig uit. Kan ik hem komen bespelen?

[@wkmetaal]

Bedankt voor je reactie, via je collega kunnen we wel wat regelen. Mag ze alle drie uitproberen.

[@JohnDoe-u3b]

Dat hout is echt wel prijzig.

[@wkmetaal]

Ja dat loopt behoorlijk op. Paar keer extra goed nadenken voor je iets afzaagt.

[@janprins7487]

Prachtig! Scherp oog voor detail, ben jaloers…..

[@wkmetaal]

Dank je.

[@lazamalina1508]

That's not a Les Paul. It's a fake video.

[@wkmetaal]

Thank you for the comment.

[@lazamalina1508]

@@wkmetaal Any time, mate.

[@user-pm7pw1tl3t]

Dont tell little bruh but the youtube is full of people making their own les paul

[@jamiemorgan4146]

You had me up until you used the scarf joint..👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻🥴🙄🫤😫😖🫣

[@wkmetaal]

Thanks for your comment. All turned out well, no problem.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

@@wkmetaalyour work is really nice and your jigs are amazing ! 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👊🏻