Current thinking

Like this Pickguard 

Newest build
English Ash grown in Swampy conditions- see width between annular grain!
Body about 3lbs
Birdseye Maple Neck and Fingerboard 
EVO Gold frets 
Water-based stain
Q: Clear Pickguard or Gold Mounting rings, Waddayafink?
Warmness 

On the subject of stolen riffs – the reason I took up Electric Guitar was this egotistic, yet talented guy Ritchie Blackmore.  Understandably 50% of riffs I wrote had his approach , so I came up with this one about…   Read more»

Paint brush dipped in water on inside of 10mm has worked for me (end grain will remain expanded/swollen), but 9.5mm usually works fine for me.

Sliced and Diced doesn’t require symmetrical design