Last week I rough sanded the body with grid 40 sandpaper, followed by sanding the whole body with grids 80, 120 and 150. All by hand (I do not have a belt or spindle sander). It feels really smooth already and I managed to almost sand out all router marks and rough spots.

Yesterday I rounded off the edges of the body with a 3/8″ radius bit. I routed the top slightly deeper and sanded it to an oval like shape (but only half a mm or less).

So the body is ready for now. I only have to route the pickup cavities and the neck pocket. After that holes have to be drilled for the control knobs, output jacket and wiring the pickups. But first, I move on to the neck!

Ps.: The quality of the pictures isn’t very high this week, sorry for that…