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Guitar Building Philosophy...

Hey everyone, I had a question on guitar building and overcoming something of a mental hurdle that I have. Quite awhile back I had access to a CNC machine and routed some Stratocaster bodies which you can see in the pictures. I was mostly pleased with how these turned out, but there are a couple of issues. On the cherry bodied guitar, the seam is off center and I had some blowout at the upper horn location, which caused me to try and cu…

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I appreciate the response and the perspective, thank you! I am curious, since I'm a rather inexperienced builder, I'm torn between being a perfectionist, versus seeing a project through and cracking e…