Acoustic Guitar Construction

Thanks Ken and John....a lot more than I knew already. Yeah, it's the same with old violins. People have to be careful not to assume too much from the surviving instruments.
Chris

Hi John, Actually I do have a question for you or anyone else who has some info. I am very curious which radius to put on a parlor top and back. Is there leeway with that , or do smaller guitars need a different radius from the larger guitars I would love to find a source for the various radii used ...

Absolutely beautiful guitar! Wow!
Chris

Hey, John. That guitar looks great, and I love that rosette. Just went to that link as well to see how to do that. Thanks for the your post. I'll be visiting that a lot.

Thanks John. I appreciate your feedback. Great info.

Greetings. I am new to this forum and new to guitar construction. I have made a couple of kit guitars in the past that came out pretty well, but a lot of the hard stuff had been done for me. I have this irrational desire to make a smaller guitar from scratch, and to give it the greatest volume I can...

Ditto what the others said about your top and clean work....very nice. IMHO, starting out in a small space and being forced to learn using hand tools will really pay off. You are having to be organized and to develop skills with hand tools. I have deliberately remained with hand tools whenever I can...