Been looking at stain to help the birdseye maple pop a little, it's very pale with no colour. I think this amber tint looks like it's the way to go. I use oil based satin polyurethane thinned with whi...

@markbailey Merry xmas to you and Carol. Personally I'm looking forward to the new year and my missing parcels finally showing up so I can get on with building! Need my fix man! Lol

@rathius satin for me, I'm a fan of satin or matt because it's to easy which I like lol

@norriemac congrats on the guitar, looks gorgeous! Acoustic is defo on my todo list at some point.

@rathius fender fit everything including the frets then spray, then carefully scrape the finish off the frets. I can't help thinking the finish will get messy fitting frets after. Especialy as you hav...

@rathius On the youtube channel have you clicked the live tab? There's loads in there as I just found out last night.

Cheers guys

@tv101 good job!

@tv101 it's not to tricky tbh, I just added an acrylic base to a router, bought a bowl and dish router bit then just knock up a quick template using 20mm mdf. The big base gives you lots of stability,...

@tv101 Here's what I do to the neck heels area on my builds, I use 38mm screws from axesrus then I can do a 20mm neck heel and take the body down to 20mm at the join. Makes it really comfy and allows ...

@tv101 screw ferrule for the neck is to close to the edge?

@tv101 surely the perfect gap for binding which would be pretty cool!

@tv101 sounds like I need more wall hangers and more wall! Lol Attachment : 20221219_235234.jpg Attachment : 20221219_235245.jpg

@tv101 haha I was really lucky with wood and a good friend with decent tools, routers, saws etc. He's been great. But yeh, I just love it, most of it has been learning, perfecting techniques etc. Only...

@tv101 I'm going to chop the headstock off to use as a template and burn the rest! I'm happy to go thin, I've done less than 20mm at the first fret with zero issues but that one can go spin lol

@robin Yep and using new methods I've picked up watching Mark's vids! I much prefer the look of his carving method and also I'm buying a 450mm radius beam in the new year. Normally I do all the measu...

Ok operation new neck is under way, the decision has been made. Birdseye maple again with ebony board Attachment : 20221218_180202.jpg Attachment : 20221218_233714.jpg

Got the fretboard off, levelled the neck with my long fret levelling beam. Maybe I'll tidy the back of the fretboard and reglue, see how it goes. Attachment : 20221217_233500.jpg Attachment ...

@bpower it's a pretty thin neck and I'd have to level the back too I think, also if I just level the board I think there will be a definite curved join line up the side.

@robin I think a cap is ok, has the rest of the body wood to keep it in line. Pesky necks are the issue, nothing to clamp to to hold them in line