Barbarossa Guitars

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Here is the neck of the violin:

 

 

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First, the neck block is marked out and then band-sawed to

the profile, essentially net:

neck scroll sawed.jpg (57544 bytes)

 

The peg box is then drilled (to protect the thickness of

the bottom of the box) and hollowed with gouge and chisel:

neck peg box drill.jpg (43624 bytes)    neck peg box holl.jpg (26391 bytes)

 

The peg box and the start of the scroll:

    neck start of scroll 2.jpg (31840 bytes)    neck start of scroll fr.jpg (56465 bytes)

 

Then the second turn of the scroll:

neck scroll second turn.jpg (30275 bytes)    neck scroll second turn c.jpg (34227 bytes)

 

Here's the head almost complete (a little fuzzy, sorry):

 

Here's the head essentially complete:

 

More of that:

 

Then the neck is ready for shaping the back of the neck:

 

neck ready shape 2.jpg (37430 bytes)    neck ready shape 1.jpg (38646 bytes)

 

Done:

 

 

 

 

                        

                        

 

 

 

 

Jim Blilie

5997 Turtle Lake Road

Shoreview,  MN  55126

United States of America

651-766-8757

 

jwblilie@barbarossa-guitars.com

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Last Modified:  December 10, 2002