Hi, my name is Lee and I have handmade a strat and 2 teles and this will be my 4th build.
I've started by cutting some Idigbo for the body back. I had it at 36mm thick so the spalted beech top which is 9mm would laminate on the top and make 45mm but I noticed a few saw marks which were about 2mm deep so decided to put a thin 2mm lam of Sapele in the middle.
I've split the Sapele and will glue it onto the Idigbo and when plane it down to 2mm thick and then plane the back of the Idigbo to remove the saw marks.
I've also cut a strip of Wenge to run down the middle of the body.