This brace is very neatly made. But it's no good for this bass any more, and has to go.
I started out with the scrub plane but it was hard going so I went hi-tech.
Hogged out with the horrible Arbortec. I hate this tool but it has its uses.
Thinned with a thumbplane down to a veneer
Then steamed off.
Here's a peeling of the final layer. Notice the corrugations on the glue side. They look too even to be made with a toothed plane. I wonder how this was finished before gluing?
After a clean up and scrub.
Beautiful flame here.
Looks kind of 3D, doesn't it? But it's smooth.
