The first Honduras Mahogany JAEbird is going Down Under to Mark, it will be Fiesta Red The second is staying in the US and will be Ebony.
Bottoms up
Right side up drilling the bridge alignment holes
bandsaw to the lines
The small inner template gets removed to make the shallow rout in the control cavity. All routs are made with one depth pass, up to 1 1/2 inches on the edges, 1 1/4 in control cavity
Truly Twins, check out the matching end grain.
Mark's is on the bottom
And a Fiesta Red/ white pg with 'vintage" tint neck for Dan Vo. He's going to be using it in a Who show for friends' 50th Wedding Anniversary in March.
Next is finishing up the body work and paint, then setting the bodies aside for two weeks to cure while pick guards, pup rings and toppers, bridge/tailpiece and necks are finished...I'm getting the process down, the neck pocket bridge alignment is dead on and working with Honduras is a joy.
