
Last seen: Mar 23, 2026
Surface routed the headstock to depth.
Drilled the tuner holes.
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...
Time to remove the template/pattern and the neck from the worktop, CAREFULLY! 😆
Attached my new template/pattern to the neck and routed off the excess to leave a perfect neck shape.
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 ...
Rough cut on the bandsaw.
I’ve made the decision to route past the end of the fretboard, into the headstock instead of drilling a hole.
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 hav...
Here you can see I used applied a Gibson style nut instead of the usual Fender style.
@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...
@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 eyeba...
@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.
@russ Headstock end on both of them.
Very sad news indeed, fly high Taylor. ❤️
Here is a short video of my customer enjoying his new guitar, he is very happy with it. 💛🤘😁🤘🎸🐝🖤
@clinton Excellent! Thanks for that confirmation. I think if I go somewhere in between, extend the horn but maybe not as much as your bass. I’ll defin...
@russ Yeah they would look great on your POW guitar, without a doubt, go for it. I’ve just bought another set, different colour this time. I’ll put...
@clinton All of those things were a first for me but that’s what it’s all about, doing new things. Hiding the tenon in the way I did was an experiment...