1. Neck wood cut ready for gluing

2. Neck wood clamped up

3. Sydney Blue Gum and European Birch veneers prepped for slotted headstock

4. Top and back plates ready for jointing

5. Top & back plates in jointing jig

6. Back braces glue to back plate

7. Sides prepped and ready for bending

8. Sides bent

9. Head and tail blocks fitted

10. Paua shell rosette inlayed and sound hole cut

11. Gluing kerfed linings in place.

12. Top side kerfed lining in place

13. Internal linings fitted

14. Back braces shaped

15. Back ready for fitting to sides

16. Top main braces and bridge plate fitted

17. Fan braces fitted

18. Top braces carved to shape

19. Label in

20. Top ready for fitting to back & sides

21. Main body completed... binding next

22. Binding ledges cut

23. Ready to install Ebony binding

24. Paua shell and Ebony binding completed

25. Body completed

26. Ebony headstock Paua shell inlay in progress

27. Neck dovetail fit and alignment checked. Headstock plate ready for fitting

28. Drilling tuner holes

29. Drilling headstock slots holes

30. Cutting headstock slots

31. Headstock shaping completed

32. Fretboard ready for attaching to neck

33. Neck ready for shaping

34. Neck shaping completed

35. Body & neck completed

36. Rear view

37. Build phase completed

38. Pore filling process underway

39. In the spray booth

40. Neck fitted to body

41. Bridge made and ready for fitting

42. Bridge attached to top

43. Tuners fitted

44. Instrument completed