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Old 01-08-2012, 01:04 PM
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[QUOTE=BBWW; It's hard to bend! Jayson Bowerman pours boiling water on it before he tries to bend it. [/QUOTE]

Sylvan Wells has commented on the same thing. The figuring makes it prone to fracturing if not bent properly. Here's a few pics of the sides being formed for the "Tree" guitar that I posted the finished pictures of:

Ready for bending:



Soaking sides:



Wrapping sides for bending:



Bending:



Safely in mold:

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