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After blending in with a drum sander the headstock shape and thickness is complete
Before shaping the neck profile a taper must be put in so that the neck gets thinner towards the headstock end. This is another jig which holds the neck at the right angle while it's routed,
Starting to profile the neck by hand, one of the neck gauges can be seen just above the chisel in this shot. Several of these are used at different positions along the neck to get the correct radius.
This is a Ridgehawk neck being shaped
Neck cut to shape
Lining everything up before cutting the neck pocket
The template for routing out the neck pocket..............
.........And cutting it out.
The Ridgehawk neckplate. This is made from 1/8"thick Stainless steel as are all the neckplates on Ridgeway guitars. The plates are recessed into the back of the guitars so that they're flush with the surface.
The neckplate recessed and the neck fitted.
Ridgehawk - Cutting the control cavity at the back
The rear cover with bracing fitted, note recess in the edge of the cavity hole so cover will fit flush with back
Cover fitted.
Starting to cut out the pick up cavitites
After routing to finish - the finished pick up cavities look like this
Shaping the comfort contour on the back of the guitar
Wetting the wood defines the shape for checking it's ok
Ridgehawk, strung up for the
first time to check tuning & intonation is perfect
Glueing the Ivory edge binding
to the body
The black stain applied to
Ridgehawk body
Lacquer coats applied over the
stain
Finished Rigehawk
