Machine Your Own Guitar

Step 3 Rough Cutting

Milling is going to be a messy and time consuming job.  Lets not waste time milling more wood than we have to!  Plop your huge slab of wood on a bandsaw and roughly separate the guitar from the slab.  Cut wedges of wood out of the nooks and crannies, leaving roughly 1/4" of material behind.  Don't worry about curves or contours, just clean up the wood roughly.