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The neck for this build is going to be a 5 piece laminate of bloodwood and flamed maple. I'm going to stain the quilted maple top a deep red so the bloodwood should make a nice compliment as well as making the neck much stronger than a single piece neck.
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I've cut the maple into three pieces and sliced two thin strips from the bloodwood plank. I'll run them through the thickness planer to clean up the edges before gluing them.
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Here's the five piece neck blank glued up and ready to go.
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I managed to cut a headstock plate from the leftover pieces of the top. I need to thin it a little before sending it out to have my logo inlay done. While I'm at it, I make up a variety of headplates to send off at the same time. The headplate for this build is the middle one in the top row.
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Here are all the parts so far. You can see I've cut the scarf in the neck blank and made up an ebony fretboard.
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After gluing up the neck, I glued the headplate on and shaped the headstock. The shape is the lower horn flipped over. Here's the back:
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...and the front with the white mother of pearl logo.
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Cleaning up the edges of the ebony fretboard with a small utility plane.
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I sanded the ebony fretboard and then it was time to route the neck pocket. Here's everything jigged up and aligned .
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After cutting the neck pocket using a router, its time to test fir the neck.
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The neck pocket routing jig makes it easy to get a very snug fit. You can actually pick the entire assembly up by the neck and the body won't fall off!
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Here's the neck after final shaping and sanding. I think it looks great, and the flame should really pop after if gets a few coats of oil.
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