Here is the completed project - the guitar body, pickguard and neck are modeled in MoI then milled, finished and assembled here. It was custom ordered by the lead singer in the "Bee Gees Gold" show. He asked for that pickguard (not my first choice). It is chambered and only 1.5" thick. The body is alder and the top, neck and fingerboard are curly birds eye maple. Thanks for all the help - without which making this with a CNC machine would not have been possible so soon. The rear lower pickup rout on the model looks a little misshapen because it is designed for both the humbucker and the traditional pickup - which fits in the pocket sideways. The tops are routed for either. There are three neck designs for this instrument - each one has a little bit larger profile (the round part where you put your hand) to suit different tastes. The middle one was used for this guitar. FYI Made the pickguard by gluing some drum wrap material to a piece of thin acrylic - then milled a template with the machine - then used the template to route the pickguard complete with bevel. After routing the pickguard sprayed the back flat black so the acrylic edge would show up and match the switch knob and o-rings on the volume and tone control knobs. Thanks for taking a look.
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