Just to bring this to the front, and to tweak Ted a bit, the nylon strung Emerald is on its way. I have no idea how long it will take. The idea is to touch new frontiers. I have the scale down & the nut width. And I've picked out my veneer--the ebony. Now it's up to Alistair. We had first talked about black sides and back with the ebony face. I've advanced the idea of white sides and back with gold tuners AND a gold hound. I'm not sitting on the porch, waiting for delivery, but I'm waiting.