Lovely. Hope his move went well!
I'd love to know more about that "settling in" period... Whether it be days or months, what is physically happening to improve the sound?
Must be a great experience building in your workshop!
(My bench in the garage is slowly growing into one
)PS. You've got me thinking, that Size 5 may be the perfect size for a travel guitar with removable neck I'm planning. And if you encouraged Jeff to enter the challenge, I suppose it would be a good thing for me to enter, too!