@mario Hi Mario, Sounds like you are doing all the right things. It is just very hard work doing it by hand with a plane. Rosewood is renowned for being difficult to plane because of the high risk of tear…   Read more»

@mario heeeey Mario. I hadn’t thought about making a tutorial, but maybe it would be helpful… in the meantime, this is chases video on it: https://youtu.be/MxVLF-maqb4?si=0kwV3EvmCJInC033 There are tons of information out there about tonal quality of different copper and…   Read more»

Hi @mario hope you are doing well.
I think using veneer is the best option.

Posted by: @mario I have estimated a total of 3.70 Kg for the complete guitar (I don’t know how the finishing can increase this weight). That’s *not* super heavy.  For me, “heavy” starts at around 4kg, and “light” is anything…   Read more»

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Good luck with your build

@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 will cause feedback. Gibson do it on…   Read more»

@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 course for body carving…   Read more»

Hi @mario, if you put the frets in first the fret board will bend….a lot! Whilst not impossible, it would make positioning the fretboard accurately and then clamping it in position an absolute nightmare. Seriously, banging the frets in is…   Read more»

@mario Hi Mario, it is normal procedure to glue the fretboard to the neck before putting the frets in. It is possible to put frets in before gluing the fretboard to the neck but it’s not advisable, it can create…   Read more»

Posted by: @mario Do you recommend me a way to “recycle” the first fretboard. When something similar happened to me I used the damaged fretboard to repair the mistakes I made in the next one! 🤣 🤣 🤣  Seriously though,…   Read more»

Posted by: @mario In the case I buy a new fretboard. Do you recommend me a way to “recycle” the first fretboard. Can I use it for another purpose ? @mario So you are buying a new fretboard, that’s fine….   Read more»

@mario Wlll the fretboard have edge binding. If so and you have spare material in the length then you could cut it through at the 15th fret and make the fretboard in two pieces discarding the mistake. It’s not ideal…   Read more»

@mario  I like this piece of ebony, and would like to repair it, so I appreciate your comments, where can I find a suitable veener? Do you have any offcuts from your ebony that you can sand a pile of…   Read more»

Hi @mario, If it were me, and I had only just started working on the fretboard, I think I would decide to start again. It will be almost impossible to repair this without it being visible and there is an…   Read more»

@mario Where are you in the world? 
If you are in the UK, maybe @darrenking could suggest a suitable veneer maybe. 👍

@mario Hey Mario, hope you are well.  It’s ok, don’t panic, you can fix this mistake. You can fill the slot or slots with some thin veneer, glue them in. You could also fill the slot with wood filler or…   Read more»

@rocknroller912 I think what @mario meant about using active pickups is that you don’t need to connect the bridge to ground as they are so quiet, therefore eliminating that connection. Using active and passive pickups in the same guitar is…   Read more»

@mario The possibility of electrocution from defective amplifiers was a real thing when using older ones from 60s or 70s which had poor safety features, but with modern equipment it’s difficult to see how it would happen. Old valve amps…   Read more»

@mario grounding the bridge and covering cavities with shielding copper/aluminium foil or conductive paint is done to avoid hum. It has nothing to do with safety. In theory it will indeed pass the current through you, if you are touching…   Read more»

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Repairs are difficult as no two are the same. You can demonstrate basic principles but in instrument making schools repairs are an extra after two years of new builds.