So I unclamped the neck and was pleased to see no gaps. Then it was time to radius the fretboard. I hate this part because it takes time and it's super dusty. So to help with the sanding I used a hand plane to create a radius but I didn't take too much wood because it's only 14" radius.


This is the beautiful indian rosewood fretboard sanded up to 1200 grit.

Then I also installed the side dot markers. I decided not to do any inlays and let the beauty of the rosewood speak for itself. Also I'm sick of inlaying. It's not fun trying to handle small pieces of abalone with a jeweller's saw and with my terrible eyesight!


Then I rough cut out the headstock. I'll refine the shape later on once I order the tuners so I can position them properly.


Here's the neck so far...