I cut the f-holes in Mousa 003 last month and forgot to post photos. Below you can see how I handle this process without the use of an overhead pin router that many other hand builders use. It's a pretty basic rig but gets the job done.
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The neck on the Mousa 003 hollowbody is rough carved and ready for me to finish getting the body together. This time of year is always crazy busy so I'm looking forward to getting this one into the booth once the dust settles.
Wood that didn't make the cut on the neck carve. Kind of a bummer to realize that more of the raw lumber ends up on the floor than in the guitar. But like any sculpture, you find what you need concealed inside and cut away what's unnecessary.
The final step in the neck raw assembly on the Mousa 003 hollowbody is gluing up the fingerboard. Next up will be inlaying the side fret markers and roughing out the neck carve.
This is from a couple weeks ago. Here I'm clamping the headstock overlay on Mousa 003 neck build. I learned from my days at Santa Cruz Guitars to pre-bind the overlay before you glue it to the neck. Then you can use the headplate overlay as a routing template to shape the peghead. Pretty slick.
Gluing up the peghead ears on last week's Mousa 003 neck build. I like to do full ears as opposed to just adding corners. The difference is that you can't see the ear joint from the side on full ears where just gluing the extra corners looks sloppy and lazy. The extra effort is a pain but totally worth it.