Think it needs a darker body to contrast - perhaps a play with Photoshop or something like to try ideas out?

Looks brilliant - think you want to keep the wavy border all the way up and a bit of the plain pale edge from one end to the other - looking forward to see it on a neck!

Go for it an post loads of pics!

My first workshop course build has BK Mules in it - fine P’ups - the guitar is SG shaped.

Excellent machine the Tascam 244 - used one a few times back in the 1980s.

Excellent timing - my (Baileys) acoustic kit is waiting to be built - this will get me energised to get on with it!

Got to agree with Darren about sanders - I've got a Mirka - obscene price at around £400 but totally brilliant - Mark uses one as well!

My Firebird neck is about 2.5mm thicker than normal - it feels fine - I worked on the basis that with a through neck if you make it too thin you are really screwed but too fat and you can remove more ...

Sounds good - Mahogany oiled with Gold sounds good!

Well done - looks good - looking forward to watching the build. What woods are you going to use and what sort of finish?

The depth gauge is good as well.

The good thing about my DeWalt is that the on/off switch is on one of the grab handles and it latches but is easy to switch on and off - the other handle locks the depth of the cut so you always have ...

I have standardised on 1/4” router bits so that they fit all of my routers and I don’t need to swap collets on routers - just another thing to slow you down!

I have a Von Haus router (lots of other names) with my wide Perspex base attached - it was an open box example and it was only £40 as the new ones were about £60 at the time.

I picked up a second hand DeWalt DW621 just like Mark’s for about £80 on eBay - full working order and there is good spare part availability.

For my style of playing a permanently on kill switch would help! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Yes - agree with choice of B - option A leaves you in the same situation as an amp with a guitar lead plugged in - buzzzzzzzeeeee!

It is worth getting disposable applicator tips - makes getting CA into the right places easier and controlling how much you put into the right places....

He has pics of Titebond CA and Activator in the Essential Tools PDF....

Avoid big bottles because CA does go off once opened....