Next, I roughly cut out the neck and headstock shape. I kept a couple of little wings on the sides of the neck to allow it to be more easily clamped into a…[Read more]

Then I drew out the headstock shape using a template. This headstock is 163mm long. The peg holes are 12mm in from the edge. The first is 43mm from the nut. Then 40mm to the next and 40mm to…   Read more»

Next I marked out the dovetail onto the heel end of the neck. 

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Plane down the edges of the veneer flush with the headstock and cut the edge of it straight against the front edge of the nut line.
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Then I glued the veneer onto the headstock. Clamp it down, applying pressure evenly across the headstock. 
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Next, I prepared the headstock veneer. Planed and scraped it smooth to a thickness of 2mm. 

Next, I routed out the truss rod channel. The access for this one is at the headstock end. The channel is routed to a depth of 12mm. 

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