Looking forward to this one @nsj. You've been very productive over the past few months Neil. Can I ask if you've had any changes in the guitars structure since you built them or have they all remaine...

Going to do a solid neck through black limba build for ggbo community. Going with a gibby scale, floyd rose, cream binding with zebra pickups. Carvetop again but possibly a bit deeper like a prs this ...

I'm having a few days at home, so taking advantage of this dry warm weather to do some finishing. I'm using Crimson's Stunning Stains and Wipe On Guitar Finishing Lacquer. My initial plan was for a wa...

I've put a proper Bigsby on it now, what a difference from the piece of Chinese junk that I originally had. Attachment : 20230308_174937.jpg

@dav Could you just put like masking tape to make sure glue doesnt go into what seems to be "stacked metal plates" during the gluing process? Maybe put some bees wax on the bits where you don't wa...

Yes, I guess so. Mark recommends using a thin "fillet?" above the trussrod, but if the trussrod is level with the neck that is not possible. Others use a strip of thin masking tape over the trussrod, ...

@swepri I guess so, if it works it works, problem is, is that it seems like the plastic covering chipped à bit. Could you just put like masking tape to make sure glue doesnt go into what seems to be "...

@dav Trussrods do not need to be pretty! 🙂 Check for a snug fit and the function so it works both directions and that the slot for the hex key is ok.

@koendb Sure! The build I'm going for is a headless Ibanez Jem with a metal pickguard and 3 push&pull pots (hsh). I'll be sure to send pictures 🙂

@dav The most important thing is to enjoy what you are doing 🙂 Good luck on your build. Be sure to share your progress here on the forum. We all love pics and videos 🙂

@koendb thank you for your reply, I gave it some thought beforehand but in the end, for what I'm investing into the guitar that being mainly the hardware, wood and time itself, I chose to go ahead and...

I would definitely try to rescue the fretboard first and indeed fill it with glue and dust. Perhaps it is not a bad idea to figure out the correct placement for the frets and double check them. There...

@Robin @swepri, thank you very much for the links, I from France, so guitarsandwoods would prob work better for me, althouh how much does markbailey price for his fretboards? Thank you again

@dav Do you know where I could buy a blank from? Im looking for Maccasar Ebony blank if possible. I don't know what part of the world you are in, but here in the UK, I've bought mine from @markbai...

@dav I don't know which region you live in, but in Europe this is a place I usually buy stuff from: FRETBOARD BLANKS (guitarsandwoods.com)

@robin Hey, thank you :D. Yeah thats the thing. I gave it some thought and I feel like the best thing to do is to get a fretboard replacement. Do you know where I could buy a blank from? Im looking fo...

Welcome to the group @dav I've got no experience at all of fanned frets, but I'd agree that it certainly doesn't look right. I'm guessing that there must be some kind of formula to position the frets,...

Hello, About a month ago I stupidly ordered a headless fan fretted neck off of *sigh* Aliexpress. After removing all the frets and rounding the fretboard itself, I started to notice that the 22nd fre...

@rathius I sat a 12 radius block on a 16 radius board, the gap was les than 0.2mm! Took me by surprise, there's so little in it. I do 12, 14 and 16 though, basically whatever the bridge is. I like to ...