the bearclaw sitka top for the jumbo is too wavy with the grain to take anywhere near the planer, so it'll have to be thicknessed with a handheld sander.....



but the bearclaw is gonna be gorgeous under finish!!



spent a little time with the cutaway mando. Levelled the frets & tidied the fret ends, and rough cut the nut



and then started work on the bridge.

We had talked about maybe a pinless bridge, but I'm just too paranoid about it pulling off the top of the instrument with all that mando tension on there.



the piezos for this and the OM arrived in the post today, so all the bits are here to get them done soon.