It has taken me three days to (almost) complete the kitchen but I decided I would complete the classical headstock today.
It doesn’t seem to matter just how many times I tell myself that there is no hurry building a guitar but the truth is that I do see myself as being limited time-wise although I really don’t have any time limit. I know it sounds contradictorily but maybe you will understand what the heck I am talking about.
I put 40 pints of home brew beer on yesterday, I refuse to pay £2.00 a pint for beer when you can brew your own for less than 40p a pint. Home brew beer is always superior to mass produced beer but there is 3 rules to getting it just right, they are, in no particular order, patience, patience and patience. My beer will be ready in 4 weeks time and not a second sooner.
I know, what has beer got to do with guitar making? Everything. It relaxes the mind and helps the thinking process. Probably total bollocks but it will do for me. Let’s have a picture or two.
The headstock has an ash veneer topped with a kevasinga veneer. The idea was to get a fine white line showing in contrast to the kevasinga and it appears to work quite nicely. fine layers of plastic would look better but I want to use wood where I can.
The machine heads are Rubner with pearloid buttons.
I still have to carve the neck to shape yet and I hope to complete this classical neck by tomorrow and will then start on the steel string neck.