Thanks Matt, it is 40mm thick, I think that the area that maybe too thin is the neck pocket and how much glue contact area there is, but still toying with using it. A bit more done, carved the belly c...

Attachment : 20210122_201247.mp4 Idigbo Neck Maple Fretboard SS frets Abalone 4mm dots

@eddie6string. I know what you mean. My neck pocket will be deep.

Cautionary tale: When building the prototype Electric Lady Signature model in 2009, I thought how cool to extend neck to accommodate supporting 22nd fret. I made the mistake of using the standard gui...

Too be fair I started by cutting the MDF for both and ended up finishing the headstock angle first.

You are not wrong. Shame there's no edit button 🙂

Control cavity routed now and body shape cut, I'm impressed with how square the bandsaw can cut. I've wedged a temporary piece into the neck pocket to prevent me knocking lumps off when I route the bo...

Well that's pretty much the most woodwork I've done in my adult life 🤣 I think it worked out ok, onto the headstock angle jig next. Attachment : neck_angle_jig.jpg

Having been to Marks workshop twice to build guitars, I'm always amazed at the quality of the finish he gets on the guitars. I realised since and have had it confirmed, that there is a lot of work to ...

Apparently it's been air dried for 3 years. 👍

What do you think @markbailey Do you think this fretboard needs to be waxed or is it safe now to store it in the usual way. I'm guessing problems occur during the drying process but I think that has a...

Wowza! What is that? How thick is it? @clinton It’s 7mm thick so I can’t book match it. I will not be wasting any of it. Whatever doesn’t make the cut (do you see what I did there? 😉), will b...

Wowza! What is that? How thick is it? Can you book match it with the pale as a center strip with ebony center fret dots. Even the 12th double markers all in line centered. Pale binding with black side...

Looks like it may need careful handling - was it waxed when you got it? @forcesterbill No I don’t think it is waxed, I have to be careful. I’ll check out that link, thanks Bill.

Looks like it may need careful handling - was it waxed when you got it?

Thanks @russ and @forcesterbill Yeah I think keeping as much of the figure is a must really but also keeping some of the plain pale stuff too. I’ll definitely need to consider other woods carefully an...

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!

I’m very tempted to make a new neck and use this fretboard for this project. Very nice Boo. Difficult decision. It might stand out more on a painted guitar. Glad I'm not trying to decide. 🙂&...

I’m very tempted to make a new neck and use this fretboard for this project. I might save it for a project that is only showing off beautiful wood though, rather than a painted guitar body. I may plan...