Homemade Les Paul: Spencer Gibb Was Building Guitars While You Were Wasting Quarters On Street Fighter II

May 20, 2008
Spencer Gibb's Homemade Les Paul

I'll be honest: when I was fifteen, I didn't even know what a truss rod was. Spencer Gibb, however, set out to build a Les Paul -- with his cousin -- that featured a 24-fret shred-tastic neck with a truss rod, Pearly Gates pickups with coil tapping and a body they carved themselves. And guess what: the guitar is still in use as his back-up, albeit with a replacement Warmoth neck.

Umm. . . one time I built a Terminator 2-themed pinball machine in shop class. It almost worked, too.

Presenter: Patrick Ogle and Gretchen Hasse, Gearwire
Location: Austin, TX

Owen O'Malley is a Gearwire contributor.


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