Head Block and Tail Block

The head block is the block of wood that joins the neck and the body of the guitar.  I made it by stacking and joining 4 pieces of 1" thick mahogany wood and then trimming to size.  One side gets a slot to receive the neck and another side gets a slot to allow access to the neck rod.  The neck and the head block will be joined by wooden dowels.  This is the completed head block:

And here is the head block after gluing it to the front soundboard:

The tail block is a simpler piece that is there mainly to provide a surface to glue the sides to as they meet at the opposite end from the neck.  I cut it out of a single piece of mahogany.