This kit came with a "paddle" headstock, similar to the picture above. (Yes, that's a Rosewood neck, and mine is Maple, but I couldn't find a picture from when I got the neck, so this is from a similar kit.)
Those are of course very ugly, and you are meant to cut them into whatever shape you want. The problem is there just isn't much room to work with. I tried going with a classy mustache-style headstock design, but I wasn't very happy with how it turned out:
Those are of course very ugly, and you are meant to cut them into whatever shape you want. The problem is there just isn't much room to work with. I tried going with a classy mustache-style headstock design, but I wasn't very happy with how it turned out:
I guess it looks OK, but the size was just too small for my taste. And if you look closely, it's not completely symmetrical. That just won't do.
There's not a whole lot of room to work with here, so I ended up with a simple rounded slash cut. You can see I've already marked that out in pencil above, and here's what it looks like after cutting on the bandsaw and sanding it smooth on the disc sander:
There's not a whole lot of room to work with here, so I ended up with a simple rounded slash cut. You can see I've already marked that out in pencil above, and here's what it looks like after cutting on the bandsaw and sanding it smooth on the disc sander:
That will work for now. It's time to get back to sanding the body...
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