At this point, Beau got busy with a couple charity projects (the aforementioned Luthiers for a Cause, as well as making a guitar/uke set to be sold for a charity of former president Jimmy Carter), and I made a decision that set things back a bit.
The standard Waverly 3-on-a-plate tuners we were going to use are nice and all, but... in for a penny, in for a pound. To make this build truly special I decided to get some custom Rodgers tuners. I made an engraving design to fit the rest of the theme of the guitar, and then we waited a few months for these to arrive:
I think they turned out spectacularly!