Sold: Wez V Earth 2 '55 singe cut £1150

WezV · July 2019

First up for sale is this one recently finished.

you can ready the build thread here:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/119908/the-next-les-paul-s/p1

more pics

Spec:

One piece weight relieved African mahogany back
one piece honduran mahogany neck
Indian rosewood board
sycamore top
Mojo Staple/P-90 pickups
hand aged nitro finish

Its essentially a blend of a standard, Junior and custom all in one. wraparound and finish like a mid 50's junior, pickup combo like a custom, but all looking quite like a standard

It has a big neck on it.

Collection only - based in burton on trent in the midlands

hoops · July 2019

A real beauty. Great work!

axisus · July 2019

Wow, that looks fabulous! If I was still buying guitars I would really want that!!

mikeyrob73 · July 2019

WOWZER

webrthomson · July 2019

My word thats nice, if only I had the cash

Beautiful work!

fields5069 · July 2019

I didn't see the price in the thread title, and I thought to myself "That's £1500 of anybody's money, even taking into count the 'amateur' nature of the build". Amateur in the best possible sense, of course.

£1150 is a steal!

WezV · July 2019

fields5069 said:

I didn't see the price in the thread title, and I thought to myself "That's £1500 of anybody's money, even taking into count the 'amateur' nature of the build". Amateur in the best possible sense, of course. £1150 is a steal!

Amateur is fair... its never been my main earner, which is something i am thankful of at the moment. the good thing about being an amateur builder is i can piss around with silly ideas like this, and offer them out at good prices when done.

Although its worth noting i have been an "amateur" builder for 17 years now, and build a lot more guitars in more styles than a lot of the new "professional" builders that pop up and disappear each year

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · July 2019

I don't like sunburst finishes. And I don't like single cuts.

So why can't I stop staring at those pics?!

Stunning work @WezV ;

brooom · July 2019

Cool guitar... could you tell us a bit more about how you did the weight relief? I personally love les pauls style guitars with weight relief.

WezV · July 2019

I think it's in the build thread. This one got some Swiss cheese holes before the top was attached

TTony · July 2019

brooom said:

Cool guitar... could you tell us a bit more about how you did the weight relief? I personally love les pauls style guitars with weight relief.

@brooom - the beauty of a build thread is that you can follow the thought processes in the design as well as the step-by-step of the build process. Check the thread and you’ll see way more about this guitar than you’d ever be able to see about an off-the-shelf buy.

And all the attention to detail in the workmanship, quality of the materials, care in the process, etc, etc, etc.

(I’m not employed by Wez Guitars!!)