b'Top: Rog, Ive finished, and Ive climbed out, can I go home now please?Left: Preparing the notches in the sides and linings to accept the ends of the braces. This is one of the trickiest operations in guitar making. It isnt important in terms of how the guitar will perform, and I have some simple tools to assist, but its still a very good indicator of the skill and the pride involved. There are ways of making guitars that avoid this difficulty, or hide the consequences of bad work, but I have decided to leave it alone so that those people who know about such things can see the care and skill involved. 163'