I chiseled the ramps on the nut end of the tuner slots today. I used tape to draw the lines because its hard to see pencil marks on the wood.
I've also started thinking about an inlay for the headstock. I think I'll do just a letter A (for Atkinson), but I'm still trying to determine a font to use. I think I'll just do a plain jane letter A because it will probably be easier, but I'm also looking at other fonts also. I've got a sample cut out of 1/16 thick basswood. I think a light inlay with the dark mahogany head will look good. I'm going to practice doing the inlay on a piece of scrap wood first so that I don't mess up my head doing it for the first time.
Here are two different views after the carving was complete.
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