Some actual progress today, albeit on the practice body. Routed out the pickups and the control cavity, it is still mighty cold for a prolonged session in the garage and I am still on IT home learning support for the…   Read more»

@boo, great answer. I like the fact that you are building this one first as a ‘practice’ and then lending it to the customer to try and then make adjustments / alterations as necessary. Obviously not possible with all builds…   Read more»

Dave, if you haven’t already seen it, BigD guitars, on YouTube does this very thing when restoring an old Les Paul.
Here’s the link.

Looks great, with a customer specified design I imagine that this in many respects makes the process easier in that the decisions are made but challenges you to do different layouts and configurations, kudos. Is this your second build or…   Read more»

A couple more templates made, I think that’s it now and the practice body marked out. I think I will make a proper start this coming week.