Soundboard Braced

I've been knocked out with the the flu for almost 10 days, but now I'm up and running again.

Bracing

I have started the assembly of #139. First step is bracing the soundboard.

preparing the heel

next step, the heel.

Headstock for #139

Raw version of the headstock. The final shaping and polishing will be done just before French polishing.

The rosette for #139

some sticks

Yes, I kow, these are boring pictures, but its an important part of the guitar.

The spruce block has been split on 2 faces in order to make sure there is as little runout as possible in the braces.
Below, the sticks for the braces on the soundboard and the back

The back

Here's the back being joined and having the center seam reinforcement glued on.