>>935522
my dad does. basically the part you're talking about you need to either make or buy a jig. you predrill to the correct depth and then route it with the jig with a plunge router (is that what it's called?).

I happen to be building an acoustic for my first time right now. I personally started with a full scale blue print, made a simple mockup with a wooden railing, and went from there. There's just so much I could get into though about building. Maybe following someone else's build in a blog would help you as a way to get an idea of the challenges ahead.

I don't mean to discourage you. It's just there's way too much to explain even fundamentally. You'll probably have to do a lot of reading.

Find a template for the outer shape online that is to scale. Either find someone with a printer big enough to print it at scale or use something like BigPrint to print it.

Use a band saw or even a jig saw to cut out the rough body. Finish by sanding down to the exact shape and outline.

https://woodgears.ca/bigprint/help/tutorial.html#inksaver

As for cutting bout for wiring, picups and controls, this is mostly covered by plates and shrouds so it shouldn't be such a hang up.

If you did want to use a router and template just follow the exact same process.

>>935566
Thanks, this helps me a lot. I'm trying to do this on the cheap, and that's a good plan.