Bryan316 Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 It is getting harder and harder to come up with truely original designs for headstocks. These days, you can find another bass design to match anyone's headstocks! Oh well... just inspires us to try being even more creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Love it. Awesome design and choice of woods. Can't wait to see more progress on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArieBombarie Posted June 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 (edited) Well it has been some time since I posted an update on my project... The main reason for this is that I redid the neck. I wasn't pleased with how the first one turned out. The neck had a dent in wood at the nut position, the tenon wasn't straight enough and I had to plane the top back so it would be level, which lowered the top to much... all in all, I was not a happy camper, so I put it down to experience and started over. This time I knew what to look out for (e.g. what not to do) and now I'm very pleased with the way it is... But then DISASTER STRUCK!!! I put on the templates for the neck and headstock and started routing of the excess wood on my routing table. One moment of not paying attention to the direction the wood has to move (against the rotating of the router) and I had a major tear out at my headstock... the picture is a little bit blurry as I was crying at the time.... Of course I didn't like it one bit, but as this is my first build I guess these things will happen no matter how careful you are. I really didn't want to patch it up (I already did that on another tear)... So I decided to see if I could change the headstock shape so it would fit in the wood I have left. I came up with the following design: I went for a more symmetrical look and a little less pointy and aggressive... I think the tear-out is a blessing in disguise because I really like the new head shape... As that is the one part most of you guys weren't too thrilled about, I'm very curious about what you think about the new design (the original one can be found in the first post of this thread...) Grz Arjan Edited June 27, 2008 by ArieBombarie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heggis Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 I think the tear-out is a blessing in disguise because I really like the new head shape... I agree! I really like the new shape, looks great. Glad to see that things seems to work out despite the tearful turn of events Heggis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygde Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 Nice work! Next time, use a bandsaw or a fretsaw, that will probably eliminate tear-outs. You should be careful with that router, especially when working with mahogany. Headstocks are pretty thin, so routing a headstock is a bit risky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArieBombarie Posted June 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 I redid the headstock shape and I didn't use a router this time here's the result: Then it was time to shape the back of the neck... here's the result of that: It all turned out pretty good... Ive already made a 3 mm Zebrawood veneer for the front of the headstock and a 1 mm veneer for the back. First I have to pre-bend the veneer for the back so it will follow the curve in the headstock... So that's next along with installing the truss rod and the truss rod fillerstrip... Grz Arjan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I. Ace Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 No updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArieBombarie Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 No updates? There will be soon... I've been one vacation, had to paint the house... that kind of stuff... I hope I can start again in a week or so... Grz Arjan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 No updates? There will be soon... I've been one vacation, had to paint the house... that kind of stuff... I hope I can start again in a week or so... Grz Arjan I take it, that guy did play your guitar in the festival? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArieBombarie Posted June 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 So... hello there fellow guitar builders/lovers.....long time - no updates... What can I say? Winter came, I had other stuff to do... but I finally picked up where I left off.... which was the neck.. I put in the trussrod and put veneer on the front (3 mm) and on the back (1 mm) of the headstock.... here's the result: Then I routed the tenon cavity in the body and test fitted the neck.... Grz Arjan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 wow that looks really nice, last time i saw it, it was just a specs sheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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