As a matter of fact, yes! Thanks for keeping me honest.
I haven't been as diligent lately at documenting the work in progress, but I've got pics of the results. I'll try to fill in the details:
I finally drilled the tuner holes in the headstock and the string holes through the body. For the string holes, I used a 1/8 inch brad point chucked in my drill press and drilled the holes on an arc pattern. They looked great from the front but AWFUL from the back. Evidently, the bit must have flexed while I was drilling and the pattern lost its nice arc on the back - I had to drill larger non-concentric holes on the back to make up for the misalignment. What a pain! I think it turned out OK though. The ferrules fit great on the back and I used steel rivets for the holes on the front. It's just a little tough feeding the strings through from the back since the holes don't quite line up.
I did a bad job cutting my bone nut (I still giggle like Beavis & Butthead when I say that!) but since I have a zero fret it didn't really matter all that much. The string spacing is a little off on the top two strings but that is all.
I installed the frets like a caveman. I just pushed them in with an oak block - walked them in from one side to the other. (Please, don't anyone scold me for not using a caul. ) After 24 of those, my palm was black and blue. Of course I CA'd the ends just to be safe. I have yet to level or dress them. Everything sounds pretty good regardless. It tunes up great and the action is right on. I'll have to get some advice from the forum when it comes time to fix a little fret buzzing I've got going on, though. Anyway, enjoy some pics.
Here's the headstock:
a full length shot:
and the rear:
I put a Duncan JB in the bridge. I thought I might stick a 59 in the neck at some point, but for now I'll keep it to one pickup. As you may have noticed, there are no controls on the front and you're asking "what the hell is going on with the back!" Well, I haven't finalized the layout yet so I made a panel for the back and attached the pots and jack to it and just taped it on. I'm also experimenting with various caps and a varitone from Big D. Here's a closer look: what do you think of the ferrule job?