Fast forward to Easter. Having finally got the workshop sorted and a load of gigs out of the way, I managed to get some time to press on. I cut out the body shape.



The neck heel part is a little wide but I'll trim that to size once I've got the neck to size (went for a slight change in dimensions).

After routing to the template, rounding off the edges, using the trusty Shinto rasp to do the belly carve and arm carve, it looks like this.



Still some more work as the bottom isn't quite right, however it's getting there.

Next it's time to do some work on the neck. With my brand new router (and now two boxes of accessories) I measured out and then cut the slot for the truss rod. Little bit of chiselling for the head of the rod and bingo.



I can't decide whether to glue the fretboard on and then cut to shape, or cut to shape then glue the fretboard. Whatever happens I need to glue some 'ears' on the headstock end as there isn't quite enough wood for the headstock shape. So that's the next job.

Happy Easter everyone.