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<<   page 1 | page 2 | page 3 | page 4 | page 5 | page 6 | page 7 | page 8 | page 9 | sounds   >> Rough carving of body After rough carving. I cut the basic shape with a circular saw and a handheld jigsaw, trimmed up the sides with a ryoba saw and a hand shaver, and shaped the neck, headstock, and body with bench chisels, some rasps, and more hand shaver action. The body as measured out on page 1 was way too heavy, so I narrowed it considerably. Back of the body. At this point, the whole thing is sanded up to 220 grit, after 80 and 150 grit. Detail of the neck heel and thumb heel. They're not 100% symmetrical and neither is the headstock, but I'm not gonna worry about it too much because it should be playable as is. <<   page 1 | page 2 | page 3 | page 4 | page 5 | page 6 | page 7 | page 8 | page 9 | sounds   >>