Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus alopeciacephalos (The bald eagle)

From the Greek hali- =sea, alētos =eagle, alopicia- = bald, cephalos = head...

This bald eagle headstock inlay has now worked it's way through the workshop, has been united with the correct body, been given a nice shiny protective coat of lacquer, gained some machine heads, a set of strings and finally been packed up and shipped off to the states into the protective custody of her new owner

Bald Eagle Brook Headstock

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus alopeciacephalos)

From the Greek hali- =sea, alētos = eagle, alopicia- = bald, cephalos = head...

have been busy working on this rather fine bald eagle design at work recently, from the outset I had the idea of using english walnut as the background/sky for this design to match the wood used on the guitar. I took the off-cuts from the back and used the grain pattern to work around the brook logo. Here are some work in progress shots...

Bald eagle headstock stages