The Classical Guitar Neck

Standard profile

I find this to be a simple and pleasant head form.

Torres profile

A very traditional head profile

The Spanish heel

The heel of my guitars has a definite Spanish character

The Neck Angle

Setting the angle to the standard 14 degrees

Making the cut

Cutting the Headstock

Planing the angle

using the plane to set a seamless angle surface

The glue job

Gluing the headstock

Building the heel

The heel is built from multiple pieces to achieve the desired height

Cutting the Heel

The contour of the heel is cut by hand

Cuts for the channel

Cuts are made by hand to set the depth and angle of the heel wedge channels

Carving the Channel

The heel channel is carved by hand in preparation for the wedges that will hold the sides

Complete channels

Carving the heel

The Spanish heel