The Neck Blank
The raw blank from Exoticwoods.com. Honduras Mahogany, dude. They actually shipped (and charged) me for the wrong blank -- this is a jumbo-sized one for a bass neck. What I didn't know was that I could get two FM necks out of this one blank. I drew the outlines of the neck and headstock on it before I started cutting. | |
This shows the blank after I roughed it out. I have a template made of plywood and a little cardboard headstock extension. I've been playing with headstock angle, but I settled on the good old 17 degree version from Gibson. |