My box has eventually arrived - a montecristo No. 2 It's a decent size - about 27cm x 17cm x 5cm. Here's a picture of a mock up of something like what I'm aiming for with a stencil of my potential sound hole design (although it's got a uke bridge on it and fishing line strings and I haven't put the 5th string peg in yet and....etc. etc.)

On my to do list I've got to: Reinforce the box Build up the neck under the last 6 ish frets and somehow attach it Make a new nut (and 5th string nut) Make a bridge Sort out some sort of tailpiece Probably some other things - Right now I've got two dilemmas 1st - As I've got to extend my neck, do I extend right through the box so I can attach my tailpiece to the other end of it? 2nd (and most importantly) Which side of the box do I have on top? It's not the most exciting of boxes as far as they go... Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated (especially if I've forgotten some essential like strings or something) Cheers Andrew