 The materials are shipped from Tulsa, Oklahoma, at subzero temperatures in order to keep the material malleable.It is then shaped, hardened and cured by baking at 200 degrees for several hours.This process uses the same technology for bonding the pieces of the bridge and neck together that is used in making planes and rockets and other satellite equipment, therefore its much stronger than any other bond classic guitars and made with like wood glues or epoxy which can still warp and decay with time and weather changes.