Ok, so I’m thinking of making my first guitar and I really like knopfler’s pensa-Suhr mkI (pictured above) so I would like to base the shape of the body off of it.
First thing though is that it’s fairly thin profiled and I wanted to know how thin I could go in order to fit all the electronics and the springs inside. They seem to have done a sort of bulge after the edge, giving it more thickness but I’m not confident I have the skills to pull that off(I also don’t enjoy it much).
Also i was thinking about a Floyd rose like the pensa but I’m not sure if it is more complex than other systems to install.
I’m asking because I might only get a shot or two at making this because of multiple constraints so any advice on what I asked about and/or other technicalities you have experienced trouble with is greatly appreciated.