You aren't going to find that it's really that much easier to build flat or radiused. So don't let that be a point in your decision making. I can radius a brace with a hand plane in about 3 minutes. So that's like an extra 10-15 minutes of work.
I used to build with a radius and started building flat and I like the difference I perceive in the tone. If I was building a dread I'd probably radius that top since it's so big. But I have built them flat too.
As was mentioned, shop environment is very important when bracing a top, flat or otherwise.
As for neck angle, i cant the top down from the front of the sound hole to the head block and also put a radius on the UTB so that there is a ramp that goes up towards the bridge at the proper angle to get the string height at the bridge over the top at about 1/2in.
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