Acoustic Guitar Construction

I'm building #3 and #4 along side one another.

This one will be with the flamed maple I picked up a few months back, and a nice sitka top. I still need to work out the purfling scheme, but hope to keep this one a very clean black and white theme with the maple and ebony.

00-12 short scale built to the KMG template.
Figured/Flamed Maple back and sides
Sitka top
1/4" Sitka Bracing
Ebony binding
Ebony fingerboard
Vintage Pyramid Bridge
French polish finish

Wiped with naptha - and a little image adjustment:



The joined back with ebony back strip:

I had an orphan sitka top with really, really fine grain that I cross cut on the table saw for use as my back reinforcing material.




The back reinforcing material was pretty thick, so after taping the top to protect it, I thinned the spruce with a small hand plane.

Resawing some 1/4" Sitka brace stock:



And hand planing to final thickness.

Starting to taper the back braces

Nice start.

Does anyone have a recommended temperature for bending flamed maple in a bending jig with a silicone blanket?

Spritz with water, and wrap in paper?