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Having moved to a new workshop, I felt the need to celebrate with a new guitar build. As luck would have it the @CrimsonCustomGuitars Great Guitar Build Off 2022 was announced the week before I started, so this is my entry. I've become increasingly interested in guitar ergonomics, so I settled on a headless design, based on the outstanding work by Ola from @StrandbergguitarsOfficial. The top is a stunning piece of ash from a local speciality luthiers lumber supplier. The body is a step from a reclaimed mahogany staircase. As always, I start with the neck. First cutting and planing the neck blank, before cutting the truss-rod cavity. I used chisels and a router plane to cut the groove. Next I trimmed the neck closer to final thickness using my frame saw with a Turbo-Cut blade. I planed the Indian ebony fretboard down to thickness, then created the 20“ radius using my vintage Stanley no. 6 and a radius beam. I marked the fret slots with a knife before cutting the
