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. ...

@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 spe...

@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 us...

@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. Attachment...

Decided after a bit of googling to have a go at roasting some maple, did gas mark 5.5 for an hour or so then gas mark 7 for 30 minutes. I cut a scarf joint so it'd fit in the oven lol Attachment : ...

@robin that's crazy talk! Got three necks on the go just now lol Well, two necks and a neck through Attachment : 20230101_004631.jpg

@tv101 yeh come on Mark, about time we had some new youtube content lol

@tv101 that's how I did that one but I think I'll angle the next one a little. I do need to think about pickup cavity depth though and how high they'll sit because obviously have a big trem cavity on ...

Thought I'd add a bit more detail for some of the builds I've done so far. This is the black limba neck through, first neck through, first floyd. Started with this Attachment : 20220905_164353-01....

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Got a new hammer for getting frets in an ebony board, think this should do the trick 🤣 Attachment : 20221225_173218.jpg

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...