Thank you for the ideas! Sorry for the late reply, but weekends sometimes get more frantic then all the workdays in the week combined (read: kids)
I have redrawn the headstocks a little, but still nothing feels completely right...so I've started making a test neck, with the modified middle shape. Cut it out roughly, scored for the frets, ready for sawing the slots. Its also cherry, one piece, 24', 22 frets. Perhaps it's for the better this way, as I could ruin it while attempting a few odd choices.
12' radius, smallish frets, brass dots (if I manage that), skunk stripe, but still trying to figure out the truss rod- the nut might be better off on the fretboard end, I might need all the space on the headstock for other things.
Still struggling with a repair of an classical...someone tried to reattach the bridge with something very similar to plumber's silicone??? Should have said no... Laminated top got all delaminated around the bridge, center brace under it cracked off, finish with some crack lines , and to top it all, neck heel cracked trough, I can insert a scraper in there (which actually helps...). Managed to glue the brace back, glued back the peeled off sections of the top, added a patch under the bridge to stiffen the top which was quite wobbly, drop filled finish all over the place, scraped back. Had to slowly cut off the pieces of top still glued to the bridge, now I have to glue all the slivers to their places, and get the old glue off, to prepare the surface for gluing the bridge back on.
Had to share that, sorry After such a rant my wife usually goes "so you can fix it, right?"