Will ya look at THIS body!!

[cmatthes]

From Mike's most recent sneak peak...

[Jakeboy]

I am so very excited!!!!

[The Shark]

I wanna' see it flipped over...

[veatch]

Cool! Shrink wrapped, just like parts from Allparts!

[Hamer Dave]

Of course, to preserve freshness. Lol!

[gorch]

What's that good for? Glue the top?

[crunchee]

ONE-piece body with nice, even grain...that's a beauty, and it'd fit in perfectly with any Hamer! Gibson sure could use some pointers on how and where to source their mahogany, take a look at THIS for a comparison:

http://davesguitar.com/products/gibson-custom-shop/1958-explorer-mahogany-benckmark-limited-run/

[hamerhead]

Tummy cut for anorexics? That's gonna leave a mark.

[cmatthes]

The back body edges haven't been radiused yet - that's just the rough body getting the top sealed on tightly before the actual final trimming, shaping, radius ing and binding stage.

[hamerhead]

....I meant the big block in the middle of the back.............dammit Chris! Don't make me explain........

[cynic]

That's to keep the plastic sucky stuff out of the Floyd rout.

[burningyen]

[HSB0531]

No No No!

That's the new Shishkov sustain block!

[BTMN]

B)

[velorush]

That's to house the mechanism: