Acoustic Guitar Construction

Thanks Tony. Yes, it is ebony and the strip of lighter-colored wood running through it makes it simply fantastic.

I have a few Brazilian rosewood fretboards that I got for cheap because they have interesting grains. I love them and I am happy I got a deal on them!

Dave, do you have any pictures of how you shaped your headstock? Would you mind sharing your procedure?

George

ddietz wrote:Thanks Tony. Yes, it is ebony and the strip of lighter-colored wood running through it makes it simply fantastic.

I have really come to like the color of the striped ebony. This guitar is shaping up great.

George wrote:Dave, do you have any pictures of how you shaped your headstock? Would you mind sharing your procedure?

George

George, I didn't take any photos of that. The shape is similar to a Gibson headstock in that it has curves, but the dimensions are quite different. I drew the shape onto a piece of thin plywood and then cut it out with a bandsaw and sanded the curves and corners with a belt sander. Once I had the shape I liked, I cut it in half. Then I used one half as a mirror image and traced it onto the headstock blank. Again cutting it out on the bandsaw and sanded some of the curves with a sander and finished the neck portion by hand with rasps and sandpaper.

OK. Thanks Dave! That's pretty much how I did my first one. I thought you might have used a router.

George

Where was I? Ah yes, on to the finishing stage.
First, some pore filling. I'm using Zpoxy. Mixed in equal parts, apply, let dry for a day, and sand or scrape off the excess.