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

So far so good, think I’ll make this one to fit my first build, it’s the only one I haven’t made the neck for.
Used Mark’s method shapping today, a lot quicker than the gazillion facet method I was using before!
 

@robin in a vacuum, no air, no expansion, no expansion , no boom! No new method of transport lol
 
Besides, I’d send the wife to check on it 🤣 

Operation new neck is fully under way, I can do the carving etc but I’m going to buy one of those crazy long radius blocks like Mark uses to do the radius and levelling out of the board.