This is a a guitar built for my own preference. A shorter scalelength, simple themes.
And the neck profile that I like best, with a taper down to a not too thin first position location.
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- Thicknessed. 22.5mm thick at first fret. 25 at 9th. Before carving the profile, it is very flat.
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- Ready to start carving The tools are next to the guitar
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- Here is the template and the neck after just a few strokes with the drawknife.
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- Another view of the template on the neck, with pencil marks where the template touches wood. That area goes away.
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- After a bit more carving, and the template gets closer to a fit
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- Let’s lay out the lines for the relieve of the volute on the head/neck .
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- Carve to the line, transition between surfaces
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- The perfect fit.
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- Big picture
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- You have to look in different lighting from different angles to make sure it’s right
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- Another angle
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- Another lighting
