12 Fret Slope Shoulder Dread

[Dennis Leahy]

does anyone see what's wrong about those pretty bent purfling pieces?

...

I'm always working hard to find another way to screw up.

Joe

Adding to the degree of difficulty, Joe?

Sure looks pretty when you told the wood which way you really wanted it to bend and got it in place!

Dennis

[Marcus McGuinness]

That's a very attractive rosette and purfling/binding combination. Well worth the extra effort .

Mac

[Joe Sustaire]

Getting the neck underway.


Glued up and trussrod slot routed.


Walnut splines to reinforce the tenon.

I just got Jon Simpson's neck joint jig, so this is it's trial run.

Routing the tenon on the neck with proper angle to fit the body.


Finished tenon.

And this is the jig for routing the body mortise.



And here's the mortise.


Goes together nice.


Going to be a guitar.

Joe

[Kim]

Coming along just great Joe. I really like the over look of this one, very balanced and a polished effort all round there fella.

[Joe Sustaire]

Thanks for checking it out Kim, this is my first dread build and I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares to all the small body gits I usually build.


Here's the neck joint after I've got holes drilled and hardware in place.


Got the neck about 95% carved.

And started on the headstock overlay.

Fretboard clamped into place for positioning headplate with a layer of plastic wrap to keep from gluing parts I don't want stuck.


Black fish paper and curly maple overlay. Angle sanded into nut end of headplate.


All glued and clamped into place


Trimmed up and sanded.

All for now,
Joe

[Eben]

Oh my Lawd;
you are a BAD man, Joe;
and I have great respect for that!!



Urb

[rollingdam]

Looks great-I had mentioned I wanted the top stained a darker color-but I think we should leave it as is-any thoughts?

[Fred Blom]

Wow, you don't even need 3-D glasses for that headplate. Sweet!