Too much because I just felt there should have been a little bit more brace left in a few spots but I did get both the top and back to have a great tap tone.
I had to make a new back, I tried gluing it the same way as the soundboard but it didn't work to good so I made a new one and tried using the go bars and it worked great. I made a jig to rout the binding and purfling channels, routed them, routed out the mortise for the neck, made the end piece, chiseled out a spot for it, and glued in the binding, purfling, and end piece.
neck:
gluing on back:
drilling tuner holes:
jig for routing binding and purfling:
binding and purfling channels routed:
slot for end piece:
getting ready to start binding:
all done: