From left: paper drawing (which has the shape, bridge position, rose position, neck width and length), then a mylar tracing taken from it, a plywood half template, a full template which serves as a router guide (using a flush-trimming bit) and two moulds, an internal mould which serves to hold the body shape when the top and back are fitted and the shaped and block-ready main mould, to which the neck, bottom block and sides are attached,

The white plywood marking template (on the main mould) locates the screw holes which are used to attach the neck to the mould