Headplates
I've been making a lot of my head plates from book matched wood lately. I love the patterns, and the symmetry matches the symmetry that you find on the back and top. It just seems to make sense. I used to put my name on the front of the headstock, but then I decided, who needs to look at that all the time? So it was banished to the back, and now, more and more, I am enjoying a completely unadorned headstock. Just letting the wood itself and the joinery do the talking. It may be speaking quietly, but I love what it has to say. Three cheers for simplicity!!!
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