My Diary - LPA-1, First time Pit bull Builder

[depictedminds]

Thanks for the awesome info so far.

So - The mockup that I've done (Pics below).

One question that I have regarding some of the suggestions to clamp the neck and run strings - Im assuming I should be right to punch the bridge / saddle pegs into the guitar before I start staining, or really even sanding? I understand that I won't be putting tuning tension on the strings or the neck, but in order to have the string run at least "straight" I'd assume I'd have some basic tension on the string, and to gauge the height of the bridge correctly would involve me putting the pegs into the guitar - is that a fair statement?

If that's the case, I'll get right into running the 1 and 6 strings and getting some alignment measurements. Honestly, Im pretty sure I should be good to go with this.

Here's some happy Mockup snaps (including slightly higher res shots of what I thougt was a slightly crazy neck angle - opinions pls):

[DrNomis_44]

Thanks for the awesome info so far.

So - The mockup that I've done (Pics below).

One question that I have regarding some of the suggestions to clamp the neck and run strings - Im assuming I should be right to punch the bridge / saddle pegs into the guitar before I start staining, or really even sanding? I understand that I won't be putting tuning tension on the strings or the neck, but in order to have the string run at least "straight" I'd assume I'd have some basic tension on the string, and to gauge the height of the bridge correctly would involve me putting the pegs into the guitar - is that a fair statement?

If that's the case, I'll get right into running the 1 and 6 strings and getting some alignment measurements. Honestly, Im pretty sure I should be good to go with this.

Here's some happy Mockup snaps (including slightly higher res shots of what I thougt was a slightly crazy neck angle - opinions pls):

I'd probably leave installing the bridge pegs till after you've done all the initial finishing work on the body and neck, reason for that is because you're most likely going to have to give the body and neck a sanding-down before doing the staining, and the bridge-pegs may interfere with the sanding, you can however do your mock-build to check that everything is going to fit properly, and the strings will be correctly align, you might need to drill some mounting-screw holes, which is probably best done before the finishing work so that you don't end up ruining a good finish.

The neck angle looks similar to the neck angle on my Gibson USA LP Studio.