Since I glued the headstock, the next step would be to route the truss rod slot, but I didn’t have the truss rods. I decided to make the most of the time I had and decided to glue the red veneer and the ebony headstock overlay in place while I waited for the truss rods and router bit to arrive. I initially planned to use a capital “T” for the headstock and somehow got the idea to do a colorful veneer underneath instead of the typical inlay technique. I designed a script “T”, but even my non-guitar family thought it looked like the “T” in Taylor’s guitar headstocks. So… I thought, ok I will use a lower case “t”. Humility.
Once I had a good idea of what I wanted it to look like on paper, I glued this to a piece of thin plywood. Then I used a scroll saw to cut out the actual design. This was then used as the template to mark the pieces of ebony. Then I sawed them using the same scroll saw.
Next I glued the red veneer and the ebony to the headstock. Once they were dried, I had to trim the excess from the junction with the neck, where the nut will rest.
Once the truss rods arrived I was able to start routing for the truss rod. At that point I realized I working a little too far ahead, because the extra thickness of the headstock veneers caused the neck to not rest flat on the router table. After some maneuvers, I was able to route the truss rod slots, but I learned my lesson.
