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Number six for me. I was planning to use a black limba back and side set I had for this one, but scrapped that after my sides cracked across the grain while pre bending the waist. So this will be a cherry and Engleman spruce guitar. The cherry bends wonderfully, however I had a small goof in marking the waist when I bent the sides. I ended up with a gap at the neck block. I adjusted the mega mold and made the upper bout a little smaller. Overall length is shortened by 1/2". I decided to leave the bracing and sound hole as is and lengthen the bridge plate the 1/2". Rim is together and I'm working on the top bracing.

Kerfed linings in. Tamarind rosette installed and top bracing going in.

Looking good now. You need to up-sell. I think you have a good solution for the short side. You now have a custom shaped OM. It will look great.

I had a problem with my binding jig that took off too much on the upper left shoulder of my cherry/spruce 00. I "unglued" the top/bottom and bent the sides in, which narrowed the upper bout width by 1/2", and shifted my dovetail block down 1/4". But, in the process I gained 1/2" on the lower bout width. The guitar has an incredible voice.

Sometimes boos work out better than the original plan.

I'm hoping the change will be positive.

Box is closed and it looks good. Only lost about a half an inch on the upper bout. Routed for the end wedge.

Made a handle for my radius block. Much easier to sand the radius into the fingerboard. It's Katalox bound in cherry. Neck roughed out and body ready for binding.

That Cherry is beautiful, it's really going to look great under a finish, color and grain will POP!

I like that handle! (The guitar ain't half bad either. Lol). The grain on the guitar is killer. Can't wait to see it finished.

Bindings (leopardwood) done and body sanded to 180. Using gold mop for the inlays on this one. I'm getting more proficient with each inlay. I bought a foot switch for the dremel and it makes it so much easier. Not worried about jostling the bit when I turn the tool off. I used brown tinted epoxy on the Katalox board.

More pics.