Telecaster neck.

Since I had to wait for the fret wire, I got a bit into the Telecaster project. The scarf joint was excellent. The headstock veneer, well, I forgot that the truss rod slot needs to go before the veneer. That way, you don't have to take into account the veneer that sticks out above the fingerboard line. You dummy! So I just sanded the veneer smooth with the fretboard line, but I lost about 1" of headstock face because the veneer got taken down back to the fretboard line. No biggy, it came out fine. It was hard to make a shape that didn't look too "cheap 60's guitar", but was not too much of a Fender rip-off. Damn it! Will I ever learn? I routed from right-to-left again. I went slower, but had the same wood problem. You have to fight the router too much in that direction, so it can make the wood tough to keep stable on the table. I changed the layout of the truss rod. I was going to have the adjustment at the body, but thought it too hard to drill just off-center to compensate for the adjustment nut being slightly lower than the bottom of the truss rod. Any correction would mean a giant hole at the neck edge. I chose to chisel, by hand, the nut slot at the head. No one uses those anymore. Everything has to be made with a jig and perfect. I think guitar builders can be too neurotic about guitars being perfect. That's why God made truss rod covers! The headstock is going to have tortoise shell binding with an orange pearl truss rod cover. Stand by to stand by.