That was a lot of work for one weekend @koendb! Ive got no experience of Shellac - I’ve only ever oil finished guitars, sometimes over stains. I did buy some Shellac many years ago, with the intentio...

@koendb We can arrange something this weekend if you are free. Arrange a time on messenger.

Ok, so the rosewood fretboard decided to start to warp, a couple of days after fret slotting and radiusing. 🙄 Over the whole length the difference between opposite corners is 1-1.5 mm right no...

@swepri. I would think a warp in the fretboard would not matter at all. Once it is glued down to the neck it will stay as straight as the neck is. There is so little wood left in the fretboard that it...

If you can press it down flat easily by hand, then it will be fine. If not - might be a good idea to let it settle for a while - then level the gluing face. Warping is usually caused by rapid change...

Posted by: @swepri since it is easy to press it flat Think of it like this: The fret board will exert a similar force on the neck to that which you are exerting to press it flat. If you can do this ...

@seanwhcraig I would use white wood glue - it allows some time for manipulation and can be easily cleaned off if it goes wrong. Magnets make excellent clamps for this sort of thing...

Thank you Russ, Robin & tv1, That's put my mind at ease. I've still to glue the fretboard anyway so will work on that and in the meantime I will practise blending on scrap before doing anything w...

I'd say that the thickness is more to do with the tuners fitting neatly, rather than a strength requirement. I'd add the thicker veneer. Using good old Titebond (if it's good enough to keep the neck ...

@norriemac I'm fairly sure that at 12mm it's still strong enough, but better wait for the experts to advise you on that. Adding your 3mm olive wood will certainly give you the thickness you need and ...

@norriemac Hi Norrie, I would say yes to both questions.......and I'd just use titebond original for every glue job except when gluing the fretboard to the body....then use hide glue. 🙂Ƕ...

Hello again all Hope you are all doing well. Just a quick question, I am building an OM acoustic. I was thicknessing the headstock and I was doing my last pass when my router bit slipped and took off ...

@norriemac I think I would glue the 3mm olive wood onto the headstock before gluing the fretboard in place. Then flatten off the olive wood down to level with the top face of the neck where the nut i...

@robin , Thanks Robin, that's a no bad idea. I was thinking of altering the shape of the headstock slightly and I have scrap I can use to test that out and see how it looks. Will try that this week. 🙂

I think I have sorted the headstock now. Olive wood thicknessed to 2mm and I have also thicknessed a piece of walnut which matches the neck. With both together I think it will work out when I get to t...

@mario Good luck with your build

Thank you for your comments. I have finally weighed the wood blank, and obtained the density of my wood. Then I have weighed the neck and fretboard, I have weighed also apart the electronics, mechani...

@mario One problem I think you might have with creating a hollow body is creating an acoustic chamber which will cause vibration around the body. Pick ups are slightly microphonic so the vibration wil...

@mario Hi Mario, Ash is commonly used wood for Stratocasters so it shouldn't feel too heavy once you have cut it out and finished the carving. If you follow the steps that Mark demonstrates in his cou...

Hi, I am working on building a guitar with an esthetic like a Stratocaster. For the body, I have two blocks of ash glued between themselves of 45mm of thickness. I will not include a tremolo, and not...