Got the top on today and am hurrying a couple of pics. Please excuse the pimples and stains as I know you are all capable of. Pretty pleased so far.
A little deeper than I had envisioned - 3 5/8 and 4 5/8 because I didn't make as many mistakes that usually make the guitar shallower as I sand and shave to make things right. So the sound as usual will be a surprise with the deeper body.
The sound hole is slightly over sized and the rosette, which looks very rough but should clean OK great is blood wood and abalone with w/b/w detail.
The binding will be a simple blood wood with w/b/w/ purfling and the finger board, bridge, and head plate are all blood wood as well with a little more w/b/w/ detail.
Cut a sound port as you can see - a little cliche design wise but it works. Laminated w/b/w veneer inside the sound port because I didn't trust the blood wood to stay together and it carries the w/b/w blood wood theme.
Just remembered - did not spray the inside as planned
First time with radius dishes and that made such a huge difference. Also used a go-bar deck for the first time and that was also a huge help.
Thanks as always to everyone here, that's HUGE help as well.
Larry
