@rathius you have to dribble it into the slot before banging the fret in, you can use wood glue like titebond original too, cleans up with a damp cloth. The glue doesn’t so much hold the fret in as fill…   Read more»

@kalimar I like routing the trussrod channel while the blank is still squared, I use a fence on my router to follow the edge of the blank.   Then for the actual neck I make the fretboard and once it’s…   Read more»

Ok so I got new binding, going with an ivory as I think it’ll look great with the black limba. I’ll choose some other pickups. Did my first ever 12th fret inlay, bought a jewellers saw and some fancy blades…   Read more»

New bindind arrived today, it’s to white, so now I have two that don’t match the pickups lol. Anyway ordered another, 3rd time lucky hopefully.   In the meantime I got the headstock all shaped, thicknessed and tuner holes drilled…   Read more»

Turns out the binding is to yelllow when you get it in good light but I have more browny coloured cream binding on the way which should match the pickups better, it’s more yellow than it looks in the pic. …   Read more»

@rathius I use regular car matt 1k, so simple, dry sand very lightly after to remove any overspray or that but there’s none of this wet sanding or polishing. I ALWAYS sand through gloss lol   Look at the sheen…   Read more»

@kalimar old maple and mahogany floor boards make nice necks, just trim off the nail holes. For the body any hardwood will do really, just need to be mindful of the weight, Some woods are really heavy.

@kalimar Over as laminate, it’s about 1.5mm thick or so but I like to match the face of the headstock to the body wood.

[quote data-userid=”34122″ data-postid=”24180″] Hi all! I hope everyone is well 🙂 Flippin’ eck! Ok, I know I’m trying a few new things out on this one (bound fretboard, bolt on neck, Floyd Rose), but you’re supposed to try new things…   Read more»

@kalimar Totally finet, usually about 7 minimum, my headstocks are usually 7 – 10 or so and all work perfect without string trees. There’s no exact rule on it.

I often stick scraps together to make bigger pieces for cavity covers and headstock plates like this one.