Back & sides progress.
One clarification from Tom about his 'double sides':
I actually do more of a laminate. I have the outer wood and then I use a thinner inner wood and a thinner middle wood between the two which is cross grain wood. The reason for this is it's much stronger doing 3 ply. If you look at any good laminate there is always a odd number of laminates with alternating grain direction. It stabilizes the wood and it's virtually crack resistant. I just use the term double sides for the lack of confusion. Plus, this is top secret stuff man!
So don't tell anybody....
Here are some B&S parts before lamination. The smaller piece is for the cutaway.
The sides being laminated using a vacuum press.
Trimming the excess from the back. Note the Band-Aid. Tom puts his heart and soul (and a little blood) into every guitar...
The space alien building my guitar.
Thicknessing the back.
