Non original dowel

Checking fit

Original luthier's score lines

New bottom laminate installed

Dowel reset-ready for rim finish

This will be its "look"

Rim finish complete, ready to assemble

Nothing fancy, just the style

New neck hardware is Vega style.

I glued them to a wood backing and reduced the tops

After finish, and with tuners installed

Not a lot of scrap in the width of the new board.

This is more of what I want

Darkening the marker blocks only.

The patent date is on the collar

Reproduction Weymann bridge,I will trim out the base

Flattened tension hooks, ground thinner

I will re-use it after modification

Need to add 3/8 to dowel tip

Reshaping the peghead, adding wood

Block sanded

Custom fingerboard ordered

Heel cut out modified for new neck.

Adding finish to all the wood

Re-using the hide that was on it

Heel cut/finish complete on resonator

Going thru scrap MOP to get some ideas.

After removing all excess wood

Waiting on new rosewood fingerboard from Allen Guitars.

Scored, and signed, but will anyioneever see it?

This will be the "look"

Fretting as I go forth with the inlay

Ready to level-crown-polish fretwork.

5th string pip installed, ready for setup

Glued into recessed areas, I will glue a washer on top of them

Early 1900s soprano 5 string neck, correct scale

Removing all inlay, fingerboard

Now for the front

Front is ready for blackening

I will use this sunburst

Checking fit and neck angle

Ready to clean hardware

Making a dowel stamp

Hardware is installed fo checking string alignment

Coming up with a peghead overlay

Outside periphery marked, ready to cut cavity

I think this will do for a nice new look.

I will want it darker than the oil is making it

Now to set the pearl

Using the oldest version of Grover Champion's before the button style shown,

Making an armrest, old style brackets