Create this classic 1930's looking headstock on your next project by using this unexpected material...
From wheelbarrow handles to mailboxes, Shane Speal has been known to use some pretty unusual material to make his guitars. In his latest chapter of the Reso-Electro Project, he shows how to use a rather unexpected pearloid part to create a headstock that looks like it came right out of the 1930's.
(Scroll way down for Part 2 below in case you missed it.)
THE RESO-ELECTRO PROJECT
The Reso-Electro Cigar Box Guitar Project - Pt. 1
This four-string cigar box guitar combines a wide array of CBGitty.com parts into an alternate-reality, retro blues machine. Follow along as Shane describes the gumbo of parts, techniques and creative ideas behind it. Here's a quick...
Part 2 in our series on this four-string cigar box guitar project shows how to properly align the neck to the center of the Hubcap resonator cone. It also shows a great way to notch out a neck using a Forstner bit on a drill press.
