I did some clean up on the back stripe first. I haven't touched it with sand paper yet. I used a card scraper on the surface to get the zipper stripe flush with the back plate. I love this wood! I then used a rasp/file to bring the edges back flush with the sides. I won't do any sanding until the top is also attached and flush.
I then did a bunch of looking and reflecting on the top, and decided it was good to go.
I signed the under side where no one will ever see it. Then I glued it up and "clamped" it just using weight, but the bottom/sides/top are clamped between 2 matching radius dishes so they have even pressure all the way around.
Then I spent a little more time working on the bridge. I don't know final dimensions yet for the bridge but I'm getting it closer.
Once the top glue is set up I can start measuring for the nut/fretboard/bridge(saddle) dimensions. When I know those dimensions I can get to work on the fretboard, which I'm kind of excited about.
Hope I can pull it off!
Brian
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