Here's the body after rough cutting the shape on the bandsaw.
The edges of the body have spectacular grain patterns and colours. I still can't decide if I'm going to do an oil finish or a clear lacquer finish. Its rosewood, so technically it doesn't even require a finish!
You can see that I just left the pencil line when I cut out the shape on the bandsaw.
The outside shape is cleaned up on the spindle sander, and then a few passes through the drum sander removes the glue line. Its time to start thinking about the neck for this El Camino.
You can see a couple of other in-progress El Caminos (mahogany and korina).
