Fender XII '66 hockystock neck restoration

[CROSS_guitars]

Here it is. I'm going to put the hockey stick back on this thing!

[zhivago]

Good to hear you will be restoring this poor XII neck!!!!

[iainmayfield]

looking forward to seeing this!

[CROSS_guitars]

I'm off to a good start.







I'll be routing the splines into the face of the headstock next.

[GilmourD]

In for the shenanigans!

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Wow.

Matching headstock with a stinger?

[CROSS_guitars]

Wow.

Matching headstock with a stinger?

It will have a matching headstock. That will be handled by the owner. I'm just doing all the woodwork repair.

If it were mine, I would convert it into a Maverick neck, which would make a lot of sense since they were chopped up, veneered headstocks.

What's a stinger?

[CROSS_guitars]

Gluing in the splines.

[GilmourD]

What's a stinger?

Like what Gibson does on the backs of some headstocks.

[CROSS_guitars]

No. I'll be capping the back with veneer and hopefully matching the wood volute transition bit the best I can.

[CROSS_guitars]

Splines are glued in place.
Now, I'll tidy up the sides by routing it straight and gluing maple ears to each side.
That will also give the headstock some more reinforcement.

[CROSS_guitars]

Sides are all done and the headstock has been properly shaped.
Next will be the veneer.

[interceptör]

Awesome work so far.

Just out of curiosity, how deep are the splines? It kinda makes me nervous to see nothing on the back to keep the pieces together.

[CROSS_guitars]

The splines are about 12.5mm deep. The headstock is 15mm thick.

[zhivago]

So nice to see the progress! You don't see XII necks with blocks and binding every day!

Do you know what colour it will end up being?