[invguy921]

More progress!! Wow...I'm happily stunned by the pace of things.

Ben sent me a bunch of progress pics, these are only a few of them. One of the first pics you see below had this caption: "My deflection gauge. This allows me to get fairly consistent results while using many different species of wood with different physical properties."

Also of note is the bracing on the Redwood top is Redwood. The bracing on the back is Englemann. He said this "Redwood braces. Not common, but I test all my brace-stock, and this particular board was incredibly stiff and light, and performs better than most of my spruce. I wish I had more. Back braced with engelmann. Why engelmann? Again, light and stiff, and a pleasure to behold in its creamy perfection."