Santos Hernandez Style Classic Guitar - Late Night Work

The classic guitar is a difficult and demanding instrument. There are no short cuts. Vladimir Bobri, The Segovia Technique , 1972 I got back to work on a close copy of a 1930 Santos Hernandez guitar yesterday by glueing on the so called "fan bracing", as you will notice, these braces are nearly parallel to each other, and the transverse braces to the top. When I got up this morning I un-cinched the clamps and discovered that the top had a definite twist to it. Hmm. Bad glue up technique on my part and the humidity had dropped from 39% to 29% overnight, not good for a guitar top or my nerves. That is the problem with working at lutherie this time of the year, especially during and right after a big snow storm, the relative humidity can really drop. The humidifier can't keep up. I needed to run errands this morning, when I got back I split the transverse braces off the top and shaved the remnants down to the glue. Then I made new braces. I clamped the top