I use a handplane to sort the edges of the board, need one good side then work from it. Centre doesn’t have to be exact centre of the board as there’s usually room to have the fretboard off to one…   Read more»

I add it towards the end, sometimes thin the headstock and sometimes don’t, depends on the tuners and how long the posts are. Often I’ll add it and leave a slot for the nut between it and the end of…   Read more»

No it’s pretty horrible stuff, I hate it! 🤣 
 

 
It’s mad stuff, changes colour depending on the light

@tv101 as long as I avoid putting them through my thickness planer! 🤣

I’ve got enough old brazilian mahogany to do a neck through and another body plus old northern ash for necks, also there’s a tree trunk down the track where I live that I’m waiting to aquire. Farmers brother is supposed…   Read more»

I quite like using thinned down oil based polyurethane varnish on necks, gives nice protection but feels superb. I use satin stuff.   I’ve heard ofusing boiled linseed oil etc but was advised to thin it down a bit, I’ve…   Read more»

Welcome Dave, not long joined myself.   My first neck was made from old floorboards, mahogany and maple, still perfect now after a couple of years. Old wood can be good as it tends to have finished doing any moving….   Read more»

So far this neck weighs about 570g, still got to do the heel too
 

I can say this neck feels pretty light compared to a previous one made from the same wood not baked. I was mainly interested in the colour and stuff, heard plenty talk about it, thought I’d try it.   Regarding…   Read more»

@darrenking this is what I get when googling.   “How do they make roasted maple wood? Roasted Maple (also known as Baked, Caramelized, or Torrified Maple) is maple that has been heat treated in a specialized vacuum oven to remove…   Read more»

@darrenking 🤣 🤣 🤣

Hey up Brian, also North east Scotland here