Update!

I made a support bracket out of maple to mount behind the bridge in order to counteract the belly-ing


I drilled through the soundboard and also found two copper ferrules that happened to fit perfectly
I stained the maple but i think it went way too dark, gotta do some sanding


This is how its gonna end up looking, the tension wire is going to loop around the support bracket and be visible but recessed into the maple

The dirty and scratched top is very distracting, any tips to get it looking a little better?