[Willum]

ook first of all ive never played an electric guitar and dont really kno much about them but i doo play acoustic fairly compitently right well im planning on making a left handed lespaul style guitar keeping things simple as possible but nice ofcourse im compitent with wood work and thats not whats worrying me its components thats bothering me mainly pick ups :S what ones should i get/ what type there are lots of kinds and nots of options but whats the difference in them all?! and me being left handed anything thats noticibly different / needs to be a left handed component apart from the shape?!

all help would be greatly appreciated and thankyou in advance for any help

[Live Stone]

Jay Jay is right. Unless you have luthier skills and tools you may as well put rubber bands on a cigar box. The tools you need cost a lot of money. The following site has kits, tools, already fretted necks etc. including how to build intruction.

I'm not saying don't do it but consider the cost. My son wanted he and I to build one and he is a very skilled wood craftsman. We changed our minds when we saw how many specialized tools were needed to do a proper job.

Stewart-MacDonald: Everything for building and repairing stringed instruments!

Best of luck whatever you decide to do.

Danny

[Willum]

ahhh ive got al the tools and im doing it with my mate (also making one) who wil have the tools that i dont have and tbh dont really care about money i just wanna make one because ile enjoy doing it and somthing to do if it turns out crap it will loolk gd and i can hang it up

[fly135]

Guitar Fetish is a popular web site for low cost pups. They seem to be respected for quality at the price. You probably already know that the LP uses double humbucking pups.

Humbucker Sized Pickups

Unfortunately it's hard to really determine the particular variation in tone between the various offerings. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Are you buying a pre-made neck/fretboard?

[Willum]

im making it all from scratch no fun buying bits and putting it together really might even get my brother to make me my machine heads and tail piece (hes an engineer of somesort that makes those kinds of things)