Barbarossa Guitars

Making the Neck:


Neck blank	Sawing the headstock piece	Sanding the angle

Angle complete	Slotting for truss rod	Ready to glue

Gluing headstock	The overlay	Making the headstock

Making the headstock	Making the headstock	Making the headstock

Headstock is fully formed	Inlaying the headstock	Inlaying the headstock

Inlaying the headstock	Headstock finished	Slotting the fretboard

Radiusing the fretboard: The jig on the power sander puts the basic radius on and then hand-sanding with a radius block	Fretboard	Making the neck to body dovetail joint

Body side	Checking alignment	Fitting to the body

Gluing on the fretboard	Heel cap	All fitted

Tuning machine	Complete headstock	Final shape of the neck