<<My goodness! What a beautiful set of mahogany!
<<Your craftsmanship is second to none sir. I look forward to following along.
Thank you sir! You have snow up there?
<<This is going to be a beauty. That Hog is gorgeous. Carry on and have FUN
Thanks Paul. That I shall do!
<<Indeed, very nice Ken!
Thanks Steve!
Started bracing today. Nothing that you probably haven't seen a hundred times in build threads. About the only thing different here is the layout. We are doing a 13 fret, so I needed to modify the bracing layout a bit. I moved the sound hole a tad lower and the bracing even lower. The 25.4" scale pushes the bridge deep into the lower bout, and I still need the bracing to provide some support beneath the bridge:
I dry clamp the X braces into position to help keep the bridge backing plate in position, which I glue in first:
Heating up the hide glue:
Once the bridge backing plate is glued in, I remove the X braces:
Then the rest of the bracing goes on:
Kind of boring, but it will get better
Ken