I need some initial advice on a bartop.

[Old Greenhorn]

Gee, Thanks Doc! You sent me down in the rabbit hole and I got lost for almost 2 hours. I had forgotten about Roy, I haven't seen any of his recordings for more than 30 years or so. I was in 'there' for nearly 2 hours. Never did find what I was looking for, but looked at a lot of bench builds. I am cross-eyed now. 
 I did see some very good ideas of course, but they scare me because the joinery is so accurate and I know I could never pull it off. I'll keep looking and something will gel eventually.