J.R. - thanks for your nice comments
I can't promise that this will be a quick project, as I'm going to be learning pretty much from scratch, but I will update as I go along.
Arie, thank you so much for setting out a programme for me, that makes a lot of sense. The bracing etc all seems very solid, so it ooks like the next thing I need to do is find out about frets.
Fliss