Zouk progress:

got the face of the headstock sanded flat,



then the back cut parallel.



truss rod slot cut....



truss rod in



and fretboard glued on



neck shaping started......



and the neck/body join started......



it looks like it might some day be a musical instrument!!

lots of work to do in the neck, the neck/body join, and the body needs bound too.

then a HUGE amount of sanding, radiusing the fretboard, fretting and shaping the headstock.

the wood for #48 a walnut slope shouldered slothead dreadnaught arrived from Spain today......

Walnut back & sides, ebony Fretboard & bridge, cedar top.



I have glued up the neck too.....



so the PLAN is to bend the sides of the dread and the bindings for the zouk on the same day when I have the bending iron hot....... but I need to make the mould for the dread first, so it'll be later in the week