Great work @tej! In my experience when scraping the fretboard you‘ve got to do it all for it to look the same. Sucks but…

After a few failed neck pocket template attempts, I made an adjustable jig for making the pocket template from based on a design posted previously on the forum then used that to route the template: ...

Side dots all done, 1.5mmx1.5mm MOP, most awkward part of the build yet. I’ve drilled one of the holes for the 24th marker out of line, thought it was just a little out when I did the hole but with th...

@robin no I masked off the fret wire and sanded with the grain. I’ll do a small test with some lemon oil to see if it magically vanishes and if not I’ll redo them all the same. I suspect the same as y...

@tej . I’ve managed to clean it up fairly well but now the wood is lighter on two frets where I’ve sanded and scraped. Were you sanding across the grain to get close in to the fret wire. Try sanding...

@koendb Thanks. It will definitely improve as I’ll clean up the whole board at the end which will leave a much more uniform look too if nothing else. I suspect the lighter colour is tiny particles of ...

things had been going so well it was a little disheartening! Yeah I know that feeling all too well :-/You might be able to get rid of it by sanding with very fine wet n dry.Eventually, even if you do...

@koendb I was careless filling the fret ends and on two of the frets the glue ran over the front of the board. I’ve managed to clean it up fairly well but now the wood is lighter on two frets where I’...

Superglue + fretboard = sadness What happened?

Superglue + fretboard = sadness

@tej Dent, what dent Dent gone, as if by magic. Well done.

Nice easy fix on the dent @tej. 👍😁 🎸🎶🙂🙏

@tej Your build is looking good and fixing the dent worked well

Frets cut and ready to seat Attachment : F4D9AD62-8BD9-4183-81AF-DD9257A2E96C.jpeg Attachment : D515E378-C66C-44E4-BAE2-BE9F23BFE2BB.jpeg

Dent, what dent 🙂 Attachment : 714D288F-AD17-4BC1-A7D0-1417DAC94D50.jpeg

Neck looks beautiful BTW! 😲 👍 Thanks, appreciate the comment! I’ve got a droplet sat on it now, presuming as the grain is pretty tight it’ll take a fair while to absorb. Next job is t...

Neck looks beautiful BTW! 😲 👍

Fingers x'd 🤞 The dent will raise as the water dries - sometimes it takes a few goes... I'm sure whatever is left will easily sand out or come out when you round over the end.

@markbailey This is the dent (bottom left) I was talking about. I’ll opt for the drop off water first and see if that helps before trying anything more severe! Attachment : BE026BE3-48B5-4C35-B542...

…not abalone, mother of Pearl! Oh for an edit function that works!?!?!?! I’ve MOP for the side dots too but they’re very thin so need to make sure they’re only very marginally proud when glued in so I...