Here are a few more progress pics of the top bracing...
Starts like this...
Ends up like this...
And is now glued onto the body!
Today I got the sides cleaned up and started getting prepared for binding. I'm still not 100% on the design, but here is the basic idea of what the end graft will look like...
My uncertainty is whether or not I want to incorporate any spalted maple. I feel like it would help tie the back design and rosette together nicely by combining elements from both, but I'm not quite sure how I want to do it yet. Hopefully figure it out tomorrow!
Mike