Well this has progressed, body cut out, pickups and control catvity routed, belly carve done and neck on it’s way to being done. Tomorrow I’ll be carving the top, mostly filing due to the knots lol
 

Carves sorted, frets levelled and polished, fretboard oiled and now the body has finish applied. Next will be to mask up around the pocket and glue the neck in, then mask the body and get finish on the neck.
 

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@tv101 
Will you use your cnc to make the frame. Flat sawn wood will take a curve more that quarter sawn i think as it warps naturally to a curve over time so you will just be accelerating the process.

Said James Bisset, watching the Wright brothers’ inaugural flight …. 🤣      [quote data-userid=”14337″ data-postid=”23995″] Alternatively you could try a lute style construction which…   Read more»