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Thought I would start a thread about this cause I think it's pretty cool....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-rV...ighlineGuitars
Here's a link if you're interested in watching the full series of videos of this guy's guitar build:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...lectric+Guitar
Since I have some previous training as an apprentice Fitter & Machinist, I can appreciate all the steps he needs to take to make the wooden parts of the guitar using a CNC machine, while I was doing my tech at Pundlmurra College in South Hedland in the late 90's the lecturers touched on using CNC machines, I wouldn't mind owning a good CNC machine myself and knowing how to program it, I could manufacture my own guitar parts and etc with one.
I started my Apprenticeship in '79 as a Fitter and Machinist and then did extra schooling to become a Toolmaker and did 3 years of NC programming. Where I worked, we had hundreds of NC machines, but I stayed in the Toolroom and mainly specialised in grinding, Cylindrical, Surface and Jig and worked on NC measurement machines when I was a Toolmaker Checker for a few years before I went back on the tools. I then left to expand my skills in Fitting and work closer to home as those were the days I had a large V8 and petrol was killing me.
Got a job at CSIRO and for the last 8 years before I was made redundant, I worked on an Okuma NC mill and operated a Co-Ord measuring machine and a Roland engraver. Now I have purchased a 3D printer to just to have a little bit of fun and keep my hand in. I actually used the Okuma mill to make a tailpiece for the RC-1 guitar bought from this website and used the engraver to make a truss rod cover that is in the photo gallery of said guitar.
With anything NC the most important part is the software as it can make the experience enjoyable or a nightmare. If you decide on a router find out what software it has, see if there are any reviews on the software and see what other software is compatible with the machine you purchase. The router I used had its own brand of software but was limited and is why I also used AutoCad but seeing as work was paying for it then price was not an object. In the YT video he would have been better to run the cutter parallel to the base rather than up and down the face when producing the chamfers but that can be either an operator decision or a software problem. His setup was of someone who has no prior machining experience which made some of the video painful to watch.
Have also seen where someone made their own router using plywood and they were selling plans online and it didn't look difficult, you just needed common sense. Parts are not cheap as you need some linear bearings and guides plus all the stepper motors but it would be way cheaper than buying a finished article plus you can make it whatever size you want rather than having to buy a machine that may not fit in the area you have.