Couple questions: side taper and soundhole location

[johnnparchem]

Thanks Ken,

Interesting work, I am happy you shared your thoughts. I like the thought of using the whole top. For me it would be with the hope that I would get better bass.
Your work is insprirational to me as the inside of your guitar looks better than the outside of my guitars. I am working on finishing the top bracing for my current guitar project, I will now head back for more sanding.

John

[Darryl Young]

Thanks Ken. I now see that there is no soundhole in the top in the first pic (small pic). What I thought was the sound hole is actually the bridge plate. That's why I was confused where the bridge was placed.