Each guitar begins as an idea.  I usually draw a front view and a side view at 100% scale, to use as a reference while building.  Even though "I have it in my head" it's more than a convenience to be able to accurately visualize the goal.
	Getting ready to glue-up a neck blank.  I'll get 2 necks out of each neck blank.
	Clamps are on and waiting for glue to set.
	After removing clamps a neck profile template is traced and the shapes are bandsawn, providing the rough pieces for a neck.
	The top and back are bandsawn.  Now, it's time for work that doesn't happen quite as quickly....
	Sides are heated, bent and laid into forms, where they will spend several days curing.
	A closeup of the bend at the horn on the cutaway of the new Harbor Master.  For the 'technoids' out there, this is a 3/8" radius bend.  On a difficulty scale from 1to 10, and 1being the easiest bend, this bend would qualify solidly as a '9'.       ....Stay tuned! - More later, as things develop!
	This is some of the stuff most folks never see.  Whenever a new guitar model is designed, it needs jigs, molds, cauls and templates.  These are the cauls and work molds for the new Harbor Master.
	Time is flying so I skipped a bunch of steps.  Shown left is the new body, ready to have the neck set in place.  I'm thinking about a gold top on this one!  ...with a gold plated Bigsby B-7 vibrato.    ....we'll see, we'll see.
	...just checking.  The neck is now ready for shaping.
	Neck has been shaped and set.  I'll let it 'settle' overnight.  Tomorrow I'll make and install an ebony heelplate, then it's on to pre-assembly setup.  There's still lots to do but after the neck has been set, I like to think I'm on the homerun stretch.