I was lucky enough to be able to lay out the faces to avoid the knot holes, and have only two tiny worm holes on the back, none on the top
Then I set the pieces aside- more on these later...
One of the things that sets this method apart from the norm is I will be using a one-piece top, a one-piece back, and a core of a different species.. This method can be applied to thinline style teles, and will give a cool twist to the resulting guitar.