The headstock is scraped with a cabinet scraper to level the binding. The final carving of the transition area from headstock to the running stock of the neck is then hand carved with a paring chisel and sanded.
The neck is now ready for the precise fitting of the neck to the body of the guitar. Size, shape and mass of the bridge can have tremendous influence on the sound and performance of the guitar and this is the stage which assures that the playability of the guitar is exactly what is required.
