Here's a look at your Essence body before any routing:
 

 
This should be routed on Monday with the regular run.  
 
I'm pretty sure this is the first set-neck Essence, of not it's the second. We had a template already, but nobody remembers making one before. For a while we made a bunch of templates in preparation for set neck orders. Someday I'll get all that historical data in electronic format so we can find these things out for sure.

Mica,
 
Thanks for the photo! My Series I is looking great. I like the maple laminate and top grain. Any chance you could send me a pic once a coat or two of polyester has been applied? Thanks again.
 
Ken

It's really coming along now. Here's your bass today:  

 

  Hardware was sent to the chrome plater and should be back by early next week.