I made some good progress this weekend; here's the back clamped up...
And glued on!
So, time to start on the top! I spent a good bit of time yesterday drawing out various bracing patterns and decided that this one will have a lattice. Typically my bracing is some variation of an X with three horizontal bars below (usually all three below the bridge plate) but I've had really great results using a lattice whenever I do an elevated neck. One of my main goals in designing a bracing pattern is to evenly distribute the support throughout the top while having braces hit certain key points. I took a couple of pictures of the pattern I came up with, but the pencil lines are a bit too faint to see. I'll take some more pictures today, but for now, here's the sound-hole pad and bridgeplate getting glued...
Thanks for looking!
Mike