@rathius I know it sucks but you’re learning, I learnt mostly from making mistakes but now I feel so confident, know exaclty what I’m doing and don’t get so stressed. Carving the edge of the fretboard is ok as long…   Read more»

@rathius you have to dribble it into the slot before banging the fret in, you can use wood glue like titebond original too, cleans up with a damp cloth. The glue doesn’t so much hold the fret in as fill…   Read more»

@kalimar I like routing the trussrod channel while the blank is still squared, I use a fence on my router to follow the edge of the blank.   Then for the actual neck I make the fretboard and once it’s…   Read more»

Ok so I got new binding, going with an ivory as I think it’ll look great with the black limba. I’ll choose some other pickups. Did my first ever 12th fret inlay, bought a jewellers saw and some fancy blades…   Read more»

The first one I needed up carving the fretboard edges and then found I’d made bigger errors before I had gotten to that point. Evidently I went all stupid when glueing that fretboard on. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Second neck, attempted to route…   Read more»

@rathius This time you will make it! Maybe a simple checklist with the right sequence plus all dimensions and cautions noted would help? I find it very easy to miss a step or forget which measures are the most important…   Read more»