Neck wood for the Batar

I got the wood for the neck in last night. I looks great. I can't wait to start, I'll probably glue up the neck wood sometime next weekend. I think it would be good to have to have it all glued together for a while before I square it up.

I'll take this maple, cut it in half and spin it 90 degrees so its more or less quartersawn (not quite, but close):

Then cut a strip out of this piece of walnut, spin it 90 degrees and sandwich it between the two pieces of maple. This should give me a very strong neck and it should look pretty good too: