John, it looks like air bubbles under the glass. I'm guessing stuff was just too cold on the onset. I don't have an insulated garage or anywhere in the house to do a glue up, and it was 45 degrees in the garage when I did this last night. I could tell the glue was spreading very slowly, so I'm guessing everything was just too cold. I use a nice air hose-type form, so I know pressure and everything is good there.
The back of the bow is the same as the front. I matched the splices front and back, and those air bubbles are on every piece of walnut there.
Plus, this is my first trade, and honestly, I can't send out anything that I wouldn't be happy with myself - it's just not me. I may skin it for myself later, but for now I think I'm just back to square one. I do need to figure out why it did this, though.
Thinking about it, I did use a different glue this time, too, but I don't think that's the issue. I usually used Smooth-on, but this time I tried the Versimid (sp?) from Bingham's. Anyone have issues with it?