Time journals are all well & good, but some styles just take time. My hours are fairly good on flat guitars, my Alphas, super strats & teles & so on. But carving a top inside & out just takes time.
These things have a 25mm deep top plate that gets carved like a Les paul, but with a 3mm deep recurve. then hollowed out so the whole thing is only 3-4mm thick - except for a neck & tail block that is. then it gets a 16mm deep back plate for good measure. Both in quilted maple.
Add to that a 5 piece laminate set-neck with a scarfed head stock, vine inlay, binding front & back, fret board & head stock, poly finish & satin on the neck. 50 hours went by about 50 hours ago
RAD, So you rekon a CNC might almost half your time on flat type guitars ? I was looking at one last year but turned against the idea when it could not rear profile a neck much faster then I could with rasps, seemed like a waste of money. Have you tried yours on anything with a full carved top ?
Love that burl btw