This is a tiny channel (just 35 subscribers) taking on an ambitious multi-part build: a custom V-body electric guitar starting from a raw alder blank on a CNC mill. Part 1 focuses specifically on CNC milling the body blank, which is where a surprising amount of luthiery knowledge intersects with CAM strategy.

What makes guitar bodies a genuinely educational CNC subject: you're dealing with a soft tonewood that tears out easily, complex contoured surfaces (the belly cut, forearm bevel, pickup cavity pockets at different depths), and tight tolerances on neck pocket geometry that affect playability. Watching how a maker fixtures the blank, chooses bits for roughing versus finishing passes, and handles the transition between flat pocketing and 3D surfacing tells you a lot about real-world CNC workflow.

Alder is also a smart choice to follow along with — it's the classic Fender body wood, forgiving to machine, and visually shows tool marks clearly so you can see where the roughing toolpath ends and the finishing pass begins. For anyone considering instrument building or just looking to level up their CNC project ambitions, this kind of from-scratch build series from a small creator is exactly the type of content worth supporting early.