Compact short scale build
Inspired by the work of others ('standing on the shoulders of giants', I blame Andyjr1515 in particular) the hewing of wood has started. The bass is inspired by Rob Allen basses, an Aria PE Les Paul type bass and my trusty Gibson SG bass.
Body: Chambered mahogany - the 43mm x 7" x 40" plank is air dried 30yrs plus, ex snooker table £5 - I bought more
Body top slab: oak. 9 - 12mm undecided on thickness yet.
Neck : white oak and mahogany stringers. Gibson SG bass profile plus a few mm d
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Nothing going in the overcut area, the only 'control' will be the jack socket . I share your concern about edge routing the body, it would be b* to get a tearout at this stage. I have either 2" cut 1/2" shank template bit i.e. all in one go or 1" cut 1/4" shank i.e. two successive passes. Andy, what tactic do you use? Apart from the hardness of the oak (it just ignores 80 grit paper) hand tools are tempting. First guitar built aged