Question for You Guitar Builders

[Hal Peeler]

How thick is the body of a Strat or Les Paul style guitar? Thanks
Hal

[David Christopher]

How thick is the body of a Strat or Les Paul style guitar? Thanks
Hal

Hal, IIRC it is 1 1/2" for a strat stile and not to sure about a Les Paul but if you are talking about the arch top it will be thicker than the strat

[Perry Underwood]

According to one source, the Les Paul Junior is 1 3/4 inches. This model is not arched, and I believe with the arch the Standard and other current arched models come out at two inches or so. I understand the maple cap is 1/4 inch thick and that is the part that is arched.

If you want to buy a plan, here's a great source.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Books,_plans/Plans/Les_Paul_Plan.html

[Ryan Baker]

A Strat body is 1 3/4" thick.

[John Ricci]

I just measured one of each of mine...the Strat (94 MIA) is 1 3/4" and the Les Paul Custom (76) is 2 1/4" including the arched top.

J.R.

[Perry Underwood]

I'm providing this link because it relates to the plans I mentioned and the question Hal asked. The Les Paul that was measured for the plans was a Les Paul Standard from 1959 and its total body thickness including the arch is 2 13/32 inches.

http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144844&highlight=les+paul+body+thickness

[Jack Briggs]

A carved top Les Paul is 2 3/8" thick at the thickest part (bridge). It is comprised of a 5/8" maple top and 1 3/4" mahogany back. At the edges it's about 1 15/16" thick. Les Paul Juniors and Specials are 1 3/4" thick.

A Strat is 1 3/4" thick.



Cheers,