It's sure a beautiful guitar. I love archtops and I like this sort of coloration in the finish, too. But please monitor your top constantly for a couple of years as it settles in. I fear that your integral braces are not providing much strength. They might be contributing mass and some distribution of energy (for lack of a better term) from the bridge, but your ex-brace scheme results in lots of short, cross grain all along the braces. Ideally, the grain in your bracing would be running straight with no run-out the entire length of the brace. I believe this integral bracing concept would work a lot better for you with parallel braces carved exactly in line with the top's grain--and that assumes a perfectly quartered top with closely spaced grain. However, if you notice the top starting to sag and "cave in" under the bridge, you still have an option. With some difficulty, you could remove the back, shave your integral braces off and replace them with straight grain braces. No one pulls a back if it can be avoided, but this would be preferable to allowing the top to cave and crack. Good luck with it. Your guitars certainly look beautiful.
Patrick
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