1. Ebony fretboard slots cut

2. Top and back plates prepped and ready to be jointed

3. Back braces fitted

4. Sound hole cut and Paua shell rosette inlaid

5. Top plate main braces and bridge plate fitted

6. Neck components

7. Neck components glued up

8. Sides prepped for bending

9. Back plate centre seam patches fitted

10. Top plate fan braces fitted

11. Neck blank completed & one side bent

12. Head and tail blocks fitted

13. Internal kerfed linings installed

14. Internal linings fitted

15. Back braces carved and ready for fitting to sides

16. Back fitted to sides

17. Initial shaping of neck profile

18. Soundboard bracing shaped

19. Top and sides prepped for fitting together

20. Body completed... binding next

31. Ebony cut and milled for bindings

22. Somedays things just don't go to plan !! Binding disasters.

23. Headstock plate ebony surround

24. Headstock inlays

25. Headstock plate complete

26. Headstock profile shaping done

27. Cross drilling tuner holes

28. Tuner cross drillings

29. Holes bored for slots

30. Cutting out slots

31. Slotted headstock shaping completed

32. Fretboard alignment prior to gluing to neck

33. Neck ready for final shaping

34. Neck shaping in progress

35. Final neck shaping completed

36. Build phase completed

37. Build phase completed

38. 1st coat of oil finish

39. Neck fitted to body

40. Bridge fitted

41. Reaming tapered holes for bridge pins

42. Predrilling screw holes for tuners

43. Cut nut slots

44. Strings on !!