To make sure that I had the direction and grain orientation correct when I glued it up, I cut the blank and labeled it as follows:
Top
Board: [1 ↑ | 2 ↑ | 3 ↑]
Bottom
It all ended up being glued like this:
[Neck blank]
[1↑|
|2↑|
|3↑]
That's all for now. I hope to have you a few more interesting posts in the next several days.