Thanks Warren, can't take any credit for the idea, there are a lot of people smarter than me out there.
Yeah it's only pine. So I think I need to improve a lot before I start on some "real" wood.
Yeah but I would rather like to have something that looks a bit different than the traditional "f" hole. Scouring the internet as we speak lol.
You could always go with a 'Z' a la Ziltoid, or echo the classic Dobro guitars and just have a mesh screened round hole.
Or combine the two and do something really unique, would you consider an asymmetrical series of holes like the Ovations?
FrankenLab Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.