Choosing Wood

To start the build I first had to choose what kinds of wood I would like to use. I want to keep it as close to my example guitar as possible. So for my back and sides I choose flamed maple:

As you can see I took these pictures after I started bending the sides which I talk about later on. The top will be made of Spruce. I picked a piece of wood which has a nice fine grain and a surprising vertical signature:

The other bits of wood I will decide later on.