[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: