Chubbuck Mousa 004 semi-hollow :: flame mahogany top, back, sides and neck.
Gathering together another build with all flame mahogany. The top and back are pie cut wedges, so they need to have their bottom's trued before joining.
2009 Fender Tele American Special / Warmoth [8.1 lbs] :: neck carve and setup.
The neck is a Warmoth birdseye maple '59 carve that was thinned a bit and refinished with tung oil (wiping varnish). Frets 12 and up were leveled and the neck set angle adjusted for the Mastery bridge. The 3-way switch was intermittent so the contacts were cleaned as well.
Chubbuck Mousa 003 :: back joined.
One down, one to go (top plate). Just replaced the knives on my jointer so it's cutting really nice.
Chubbuck Mousa 003 :: flattening pie-cut maple.
Here I'm truing up the bottom of one half of the back plate to prep for joining. In the past I have used a Safe T Planer in my drill press to take out the cup but opted to try hand planing for greater control. A wider jointer would be ideal though.
Chubbuck Mousa 003 :: European maple top, back and sides.
Getting ready to flatten and join the top and back plate wedges for the next hollowbody build. The sides need to be profiled before they are ready for the bending iron.