Welcome along, I already started building before arriving here but have since been watching Mark’s lives on youtube and learnt even more. I’m kinda obsessed with building guitars, it’s my main vise lol

We’re down to 2 cats at the moment, did have 6 cats and a dalmatian at one point lol

@russ it’s fine, I’m on top of the hill lol

@liebe It’s designed to go straight on wood, it’s a hardwax oil. This guy uses hardwax oil over stain without anything else. Same sort of thing, just different brand. Try it on a test piece.
 

@russ cheersw buddy, so far so good. I had to use two bin bags to get my neck out to the shed to do more work though lol. Normally I can wrap a guitare neck in a jacket but this…   Read more»

@liebe Sweet T guitars on youtube would be the guy to check out regarding using it with stains. I tend to just go natural.
 
https://www.youtube.com/@SweetTGuitars
 
And yeh, matt/satin is where I’m at. Mine came from that place

@rathius straight edge is a good idea, used that method to cut the slot for the switch on my strat build, worked great. Also with plunge base, got the elmer one which is identical to all of them lol.  …   Read more»

@rathius I was thinking like a tree, dragon etc. Could fill with resin, getting the hang of that now. The secret is a tiny amount of pigment, then you can get patterns in the resin instead of a solid block…   Read more»

@rathius A dark wood headstock plate is perfect for hiding everything though! Superglue and sawdust, brilliant on the likes of ebony or that.
 
I can tell you now I’m not that good with the dremmel router! 🤣 
 

Frets in, side dots in, fret ends filled and the main neck carve is done. Next up will be some headstock work I think
 

@liebe looking good, the osmo poly x stuff it brilliant imo, bought some not long ago to try out and very happy with the results.   I don’t see it in the pics but if stacking the heel use different…   Read more»