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