I made Sporkaster 2 on a course; it's a 7-string JM style guitar with a Sustainiac. It has a few problems though.
1) the intonation is off - originally due to incorrect measurements from Hipshot
2) bodged repair attempt (not mine) means there's an ugly bit of plastic on the front by the bridge and the trem binds
So the plan is to make a new body for the existing neck, and move all the hardware and electronics over.
It will either be another JM style (less work and I can keep the scratch plate) or a Musiclander shape, as I've long had a hankering for one of those.
I have a few body blanks and tops knocking about that I bought from
@Paul_C some years ago, so it'll likely be alder core with a spalt front and back. There may well be chambers.
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While I fail to make a decision on that I need to disassemble the existing body to measure the neck pocket - I'll do a mock up of it in a bit of scrap to check dimensions; in the original the neck pocket was routed using two straight edges, but that'll be hard to do now the back is carved. In the past I've managed a good fit by a bit of measurement and having the CNC machine rout it.
I think I'm going to go Jazzmaster style again so I can reuse the scratchplate - it's a lot more complex under there than I'd remembered.