I made some more progress on this one the end of last week. Here's a shot of the fully braced and tuned top...
In a side by side comparison you can see there's quite a difference before and after tuning. Since this pattern was an unknown, I glued on the braces a bit taller than normal to make sure I had some material to work with...
One of the basic goals in tuning the top is to try to get a closed ring and a half pattern. This one worked out great!
And ready to be joined...
Next up is binding and starting on the neck!
Mike