When I started building guitars, Iused a jigsaw instead of a bandsaw.If your jigsaw has an orbital bladeaction mode you had better switchit off. You will also have to put alonger sawblade into the tool. In order to follow tight curves with a jigsaw it is important thatyou make several relief cuts to-wards the body shape line (seepage 98). These cuts, which areneeded to allow changing thedirection of sawing should bestopped a jigsawblade-thicknessbefore the body line. Cut v-e-e-e-ryslowly and calmly along the outsideof the drawn line, making sure thatthe line remains visible at all times.Never force the sawblade into acurve as this can easily lead to astrong lateral deformation of theshape of the blade and can result inan oblique cut as the blade is nolonger cutting perpendicular to the