Now on to the body’s round-over. While over the years Strats have been done with many different radii, ˝ is the typically accepted norm for the Vintage guitars. Some argue that up to 5/8th was used, but personally I feel, that would have come as a result of sharpening and re-sharpening the ˝” r round-over bits. Each time you sharpen one, it gets a tad larger.
As you go around, remember the arm contour, you must be careful not to go so far the tracking bearing looses contact with the body….
On the back, where the horns meet the neck pocket heel, stop short of the heel, the remaining wood gets hand shaped... This is before…
This is the highly technical tool used to shape it so it flows into the heel.
And this is what she looks like when completed…
Ron Kirn