Making the neck

Now, to make the neck. Kirk has the raw materials laid out on his workbench. From left to right, ebony center strips, mahogany neck strips, and in front of Kirk's ledger book, solid mahogany for the headstock.

After the mahogany sides are joined with a center strip of ebony, the solid headstock piece is grafted on. The result- a very strong (and resonant) neck.

Brazilian rosewood face plate #642- that's me!

Now, the face plate is joined to the neck blank.

After everything is glued up, it's clamped and put aside to dry.

Uh-oh, it's routing time again . . .

Perfect!

Well, we have a body and a neck. It's starting to look like a guitar!

Next time- more routing . . .

-Craig