That looks good enough to me! 👍 I've never really found a stain colour that works really well on mahogany-type wood - plain finishes are good.

@nsj I just ordered 3 of their stains for the first time, will take 6 weeks to get to me, grrrr! I have had success with the oils so hope the stains work just as well, cheers Attachment : 20230222...

Well after a bit of faffing about I think I'm fairly happy now. Next job, assembly Attachment : 20230307_183440.jpg

Well this turned out nice! Specs are, brazillian mahogany neck and body, neck through, warman destrpyer pickups, gotoh floyd and tuners, ebony board with aluminium tubing side dots and fret markers. F...

Got a good bit of the neck cut out, sorted the heel, done the neck pocket and planed the angle into the heel for the tom bridge. Attachment : 20230309_182950.jpg Attachment : 20230309_18302...

@koendb Good to see hand tools being used

@markbailey, @rocknroller912,@tv,@russ,@boo,@koendb Rather than lowering the saddle, is there any possible/practical way of raising the neck? Great question,,,i think it's at the root of the problem. ...

Beautiful craftsmanship @koendb. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Wow Koen. Wow!

That looks great!

@koendb Stunning work mate. 🙌

@koendb Last week I finished the carving of the rosette, That is absolutely stunning, you must have tremendous patience and steady hands.

@tv101 Yeah it doesn't seem to matter what we do or who we vote for, we are all completly stitched up all the time. A simple tax on earnings that pays for public services should be all a society needs...

@tv101 Don’t get me started on VAT 😡 It should be scrapped.

Loving the look of this @koendb. 👍 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Looks like you bought the last one at that price @Boo, with or without the Very Awful Tax.

@koendb Yeah, I’ve used a lot of stuff like that, all shapes and sizes, it’s all about keeping the dust down. Whether sanding car body filler or sanding wood, getting the dust into a vacuum instead of...

@tv101 Errrrrrrmmmmm………. Sorry, I forgot to mention the VAT 😬 It’s still worth a look though as you get quite a few Abranet discs and hose with it. ”Oh well that’s alright then!” I hear you s...

Hmmmmm - tempting. Got a link @Boo?

The drawing looks great. I hope to see results after you build this. 😊