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You can round the upper corners of the peghead, design

your own shape, or leave them squared in the vintage style.

Shape the bottom later, when you work on rounding the

neck.

Using a 3/8" rat tail ﬁle, ﬁle the string ramps into the slotted

peghead. See peghead string ramp detail on the blueprint.

Start in the middle of the ramp and as you reach the depth,

move sideways to enlarge them to just reach the edges of

the peghead slots. The “look” should be a clean extension

of the slots which taper out short of the string nut.

Shape the peghead

Align the nut end of the fretboard with the break angle,

where the peghead begins. Pencil a mark on the peghead

face 3/16" from the nut line. Align the peghead overlay with

this mark. This will leave some extra overlay wood to be

trimmed away when the nut is ﬁtted later.

Using Titebond, glue and clamp the rosewood overlay ve-

neer, grain running lengthwise, to the face of the peghead

aligning it with the pencil mark. Use at least four C-clamps

with protective wooden cauls, and prepare a V-shaped caul

to ﬁt around the “diamond” contour below the nut area

(pictured). Unclamp when dry, and trim the overlay ﬂush

to the sides of the peghead with a knife and ﬁle.

To trim the peghead slots, start by drilling a couple of small

(1/4"-3/8") holes through the overlay, backing it up with a

backing board. File smooth.

Peghead shaping and drilling

Peghead overlay

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