Posted by: @boo I still don’t know what wood this i Hi @boo Thanks for the mention. Re fretboard species: Goncalo Alves would be my guess. Difficult to be 100% without having it front of me. Where d...

Truss rod in and fillet glued in. I’ll come back to this tomorrow. Attachment : 309938FF-A943-406B-B640-FC40BF7A8268.jpeg Attachment : 4659E91C-F6A8-4321-9E96-548E1BAD2839.jpeg

I am, of course, using the “Bagpress Fret Slotting Jig” from @darrenking to slot my fretboard blank (I still don’t know what wood this is). This jig really is super simple and easy to use, consistent,...

@boo agreed. I personally think the white looks better than the black but a gold one would be awesome. 🙂

I don’t think a a black or white scratchplate is gonna cut it, I think I’ll order a gold mirrored one. Attachment : F4AE121F-73F2-4351-B992-D1865140240A.jpeg Attachment : 15567AE7-F4C4-488...

Surface routed the headstock to depth. Attachment : 054563A8-819C-4D2D-9A5C-9011F5193283.jpeg Attachment : 26225737-D428-4035-8560-3B9967750A3E.jpeg Attachment : 84F64EDC-08B1-4B90-...

Drilled the tuner holes. Attachment : 56D686B0-124C-4514-BC81-305466D19891.jpeg Attachment : 3F0F8D09-51C4-4C46-B702-6E0A0B45A5E7.jpeg

I have two router tear outs and both of them are on the back side of the headstock. I was thinking about repairing them but I’m just going to sand and blend them into the shape instead. If I was build...

Time to remove the template/pattern and the neck from the worktop, CAREFULLY! 😆 Attachment : 9AA69C89-975B-44D5-822D-333D49655C58.jpeg Attachment : 0545031C-CC97-4035-BE3D-D17546D79...

Attached my new template/pattern to the neck and routed off the excess to leave a perfect neck shape. Attachment : 04E40CEB-76C7-4317-81C6-EB4FE16D0460.jpeg Attachment : 12298070-E7C0-42BE...

I have a routing pattern/template for a Strat neck and instead of using it for routing these necks, I’ve made another template from it. I’ll keep the original as a master to make more when I inevitabl...

Rough cut on the bandsaw. Attachment : EE0C0A6C-6DC3-4BC8-B210-B8CCF645267F.jpeg

I’ve made the decision to route past the end of the fretboard, into the headstock instead of drilling a hole. Attachment : 88253277-F7E0-48FF-BFD3-7EDB3BD0646D.jpeg Attachment : 596E2C10-5...

Once marked out, I set my router up for routing the truss rod slot. The adjustment end of the truss rod is slightly wider than the rest of it so I have to route the slot slightly wider there too. ...

Cheers @boo. Much appreciated. That's been very helpful. 🙂🙏🎶🎸

Here you can see I used applied a Gibson style nut instead of the usual Fender style. Attachment : 569CC650-E98D-44B5-A93E-D8850C465828.jpeg Attachment : BCEED078-96E9-4D0C-B4CF-40BEB4344E...

@russ this particular neck is a hybrid nut construction because at the time I only had a fretboard without a Fender style nut slot. This fretboard was cut for a Gibson/Bandsman style with an angled he...

@russ I haven’t got any photos of when I drilled the truss rod access hole in the headstock. Once I had routed the truss rod slot, all I did was eyeball the hole it with a long drill bit. There is ano...

@russ I made one for this T-type a while ago, same principle to do an S-type at the headstock end. I may have some more photos, I'll have a look.

Posted by: @boo @russ Headstock end on both of them. Let me know how you get on with it @boo. That's how I'd like to do it but I haven't found any YouTube footage of anyone demonstrating how to crea...