The Yamaha AES 1500 has a body length of 535mm and lower bout width of 430mm, so I’ve scaled that down to match the dimensions of a poor abused Vox Tornado which I bought for £40 in Africa a lifetime ...

I built a couple of guitars in my youth, and assembled a couple of partcasters in my sensible years, but having discovered guitarmaking.co.uk, I’m itching to try a semi-acoustic. My current guitar is ...