Thanks Guys - well its louder acoustically than the Martin basses i have worked on - that was my goal.
The sides are doubled in the upper bout. They are also stiffened with Adirondack side braces in the lower bout.
The back I made stiff and "non-active" - I felt it was safer as it was my first time making this design.
There are no dead spots on the neck - which despite being pretty slim Depth is very stiff on its own. I was
a little wary about going full 34" scale so went 32" with a steep headstock angle - which I usually prefer on acoustic guitars.
The fingerboard was from LMII and I was extremely pleased with the quality. I kept it for over a year in my workshop and brought it down in stages to minimise post build movement. I relieved it on the underside of the board which is catilevered over the top.
I still made a full width UTB but stopped it short of the edges and didn't add feet into the sides - hopefully a little more vibration in the upper bout than normal, but again, that is just supposition. I would REALLY LIKE to try the Rick Turner Joint and we are friends - from this forum decades ago! - bu I fear asking him may be "pushing the friendship" - and I am nowhere near clever enough to make something like this myself

I have some basic phone video of it - Am I allowed to post it here?