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Made a quick, down and dirty clamping caul...worked pretty good.
Took the clamps off the back this morning. A little glue clean up and I think I can move on to the top.

Nice clean work, your top bracing is top notch!

Thanks Kevin!

Found some time over the long weekend to glue the top on. I think I used to much pressure clamping the top around the neck block, have some dimples to sand out. Also once I got it out of the form I noticed a slight dimple in the side up at the top bout. Actually have a matching one in the exact spot on the lower bout too but less pronounced. I'll get these sorted and then gonna move on to the binding.

I've heard you can steam out dents in spruce. I haven't tried it myself though. You might avoid thinning your top more than you would like though.

I have steamed out some small dents. Wet a cloth and wring it out. Heat up an iron. Place the damp cloth over the dent and press the iron over for a few seconds. Check and repeat as needed.

check this out it may help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDSQ7u_ii00

Thanks everyone that help a lot! Top is looking good now. The one think I'm trying to figure is why the sides ended up with the slight dimples in the bouts. I know what caused the marks in the top. As far as I could tell everything was up tight against the mold...maybe I had too much pressure on the waist expander caul IDK.

Ok seal the top with a real thin shellac.

Got the end wedge in, routed for the back binding and routed for the herringbone. Going to install the herringbone and then route for the top binding I think..