Current batch, GG199-203

All guitars in progress have had their cracks glued (there were quite a few!). The bottoms have new bracings, the necks carbon fiber rods. All braces and bridge plates have been selected and cut, the braces have been given the correct radius and triangulated. Unusually, I didn't have to thin down either the tops or bottoms, as all thickness measurements were as they should be. Söderman's plywood bottom was indeed a bit thick, but that will not make any difference to the sound.

I also kept the replaced bottom for the European Parlor guitar with its mahogany frets, the bottom and frets were in good condition and also had a pencil note that I didn't want to sand off unnecessarily. Even Söderman has a pencil note in the lid, I think I can glue the ribs around it.

The next big step is to glue all the top braces, this will take a few days in my collapsible go-bar jig.

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