Headstock Shaping

I wanted something that was a little challenging in regards to the headstock shape, and I didn't particularly want the standard ST shape either. I liked the small notch or 'forked tongue' idea on other guitars, but I just needed to figure out where and with what other shapes it could work with. I also like the idea of two different levels rather than a single surface, hence the second curve.

With a bit of mucking around with some paper and pencil, I came up with this:


Cutting it out with a scroll saw and plenty of filing and sanding got it to this stage. I'm now just waiting on a micro routing attachment for my Dremel to turn up to rout out the lower surface.


The main surface will be the same colour as the body, and the smaller lower section will be black, to match the hardware and pickguard.

Fitted back with the body - might not be to everyone's taste but I don't mind it!