I've cut out the mould. I just need to sand a bit and clean up the edges.
I've just started making a practice neck out of some cheap pine to practice the carving.
And here are most of the timbers.
I decided to go ahead and use the Southern Silky Oak for the Back and the Ribs. The Fingerboard will be Queen Ebony. And the Front/Belly is Douglas Fir.
The next steps are to cut out some corner blocks, plane and scrape the ribs down to the correct thickness and glue up the pieces for the top and the pieces for the back.