# Neck blank
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The neck blank cut out of European maple on the table saw (not by me, by someone qualified to use a table saw)
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# Contour carved
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Here’s the contour on the bass side of the body. It’s a bit shallower than I initially expected, but the effect is still there. What you can’t see in this photo is that I also carved the belly cut.
# Contours
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Here the guitar body is clamped onto the edge of my bench. I’ll use a rasp to carve a contour onto the edge.
# Alkmaar Panorama
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That wraps day one! Excited to get a body shape cut out with the correct dimensions already. I’m absolutely wiped, the hotel is too warm to sleep well in, and cycling back and forth to Heiloo is not…
# Learning layout
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Here’s a drawing of my body on a big sheet of paper. This is when I learned how to do the layout, which is all based on the centerline, and where the neck meets the body.