2. Neck blank primary shape and truss rod channel cut

1. Book matched top and back plates ready for jointing

3. Sitka Spruce back braces glued in place

4. Soundhole rosette paua shell inlay

5. Top main braces and bridge plate fitted

6. Sides bent. head & tail blocks fitted and internal lining fitted

7. Back centre seam strip fitted

8. Top bracing shaped

9. Back bracing shaped

10. Sides glued up ready for back

11. Body ready for binding

12. Binding ledges cut

13. Body and binding completed

14. Neck fit and alignment checked

15. Headstock shaped and truss rod installed

16. Neck shaping in progress

17. Body & neck completed

18. Build phase completed

19. Pore filling process begins

20. Pore filling completed

21. In the spray booth

22. Dressing the fret ends

23. Polishing to high gloss

24. Neck fitted

25. Bridge fitted

26. Build completed