Headstock Veneers

The headstock of a guitar is often the guitar's 'centre piece' and therefore is often dressed in a veneer to make it nice to look at. Typically the guitar's headstock veneer will be about 1mm-3mm thick however on my guitar I went for a veneer about 0.6 mm thick in order to save a bit of money.

I chose american black walnut and flame oak for my headstock veneers as I thought they would contrast and compliment each other nicely when assembled in a wedge formation on the headstock. 

First, I placed the headstock flat on top of the veneers and then used a pencil to draw out the appropriate lines to cut around. I used an xacto knife to cut out the veneers and this seemed to work quite effectively. Although I managed to cut out the veneers successfully I would not recommend using a veneer of 0.6mm as it seemed to split very easily. It is probably worth the extra little bit of money to buy some thicker veneers that will be easier to work with and will possibly look better too.