At this point, short of a fix, I guess I'll have to see what happens...?johnnparchem wrote: I would be afraid that the guitar will slowly start folding.
With your braces by the time they are at the lower sound hole support brace they have lost about 7/8 of the strength from the starting height. The stiffness of a brace is proportional to the cube of its height. Half the height about 1/8 the strength.
Re-doing the tones bars brought out the ring in the top (moreso than before). It sounds good in all spots. I was using the pic above my top as a rough guideline, save for the lower X-braces. The tips of the T-bars closest to the rim look out of place. I need to knock them down a bit.
I was hoping to close the box up on this one over the weekend, but that's not going to happen. The OM-DB I've been working on I just about ready for level sanding & I'd like to get back to it this coming week if at all possible.