2015-10-27

The headstock

I don't want to "imitate" the Telecaster neck but create something on my own, so I was playing around with different shapes.
I'm also thinking of putting a little plate or something to the head, as I don't think I can do a nice inlay with my tools, experience and abilities.
So I did some research on the net, and did some pencil drawings right on the head.

Some ideas that I came across:




This is what I finally came up with:

So I did some sawing and sanding...




So far, I'm happy with the result. (As you can see, I have also already replaced the nut - a bit more on that in a separate post....)

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