Once the body sides and the centre core are glued, its time to glue all three sections together for final shaping. After 24 hours or so, the clamps are removed and the rough shape is cut on the band saw. After cutting, its a long process to smooth the edges as the band saw can be quite rough on the curved sections. The second image shows the neck and body before carving. The neck still has masking tape over the surface - I find this a useful guide when I'm shaping the neck so that I don't take off too much material, as pencil lines are difficult to see on Walnut.
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