All of this talk of trombones and rolled pizzas are blatantly euphemisms for the Camberwell Carrot (other terms are available). Substances of a questionable nature are squarely in the remit of the DoI, having already set up the necessary import/export avenues to facilitate the flow of the required product.
Protection Racket cases have moveable (and customisable if you want to unzip and reshape) pads that Velcro to the interior.
EDIT: Not actually a hard case, but very, very well padded and solid.
Lollipop tuners - nice. Opting for the 34" scale I see.
Very pretty that.
The only thing I find visually challenging about the Jake C is the rounded off end of the pickguard by the jack socket; my eye expects to see a point there.
I dunno enough about them, I’m afraid. I owned and sold a well used, refinished ‘63, but that’s as far as my expertise goes. All I really know is that prices for vintage gear seems to have gone up quite a bit since I sold mine (typical! 😂).
To be clear, I’m looking forward to seeing the results and I’m making myself suitably comfortable for the incoming posts. I’m not here to píss on anyone’s fireworks, which seems to be quite de rigueur amongst some folk recently. I love a build thread.