Happy New Year to you! Well, it’s back to guitar work and time to get the back and top glued to the sides. I stabilized the sides in the form with turnbuckle spreaders while planing the linings flush to the sides and fitting the heel and tail blocks to the back and top.
An 1/8th inch thick plywood caul rimmed with thicker material provides flexibility, clearance for the top and back arching, and stiffness for clamping.
The back spends a couple of hours in the clamps, then the top is glued on in similar fashion (the clamping caul is visible in the background:
I use this simple jig to rout for the neck mortise. The plywood extension assures that the joint will be in alignment with the centerline of the guitar.
Here’s the tail inlay. 
Until next time.
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