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@tv101 Ebony polish is what I use on violin fingerboard. It’s a brand called Old Wood and you don’t need much.

I try not to look too often, because he always has some nice pieces, and I always start planning another build, just to use the nice pieces! Whatever I've bought has been good quality and delivered q...

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That's the last build

@dave In that case , go for it 🙂

@tv101 just ha a look at the feel-good wood page/shop on eBay and there's some really nice wood on there going to have a good browse through all the listings and see if I can find neck and fret board ...

@koendb I'm fairly competent with a plane as I've jointed a fair few body blanks, 2 an 3 pieces probably spent more time sharpening and setting up the no 7 plane than it took to get the pieces ready t...

@tv101 You dont have to add color, you use the shellac more as a grain filler and protect the wood against moist, dirt, etc.You dont need to make it a french polish finish either :-). It s an alternat...

Hmmmm. I've had some good results with the Liberon Easy French Polish finishing product, on bodies. I think that's like an easy-Shellac, ready-mixed in a tin, type of product. I'm not going to colo...

Happy to use that on the fretboard, but worried that it might get a bit too Lemon-y if I use it on the neck as well?

Sounds good to me 👍 Looks like it plays nicely too!

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Wise words @koendb

@russ Electric to start with, then who knows?!

@tv101 Yes, I think I need to change that user name!!🤣👍

@swepri I usually decide for a headstock veneer at the very last moment in the construction phase, just before putting the hardware on, or, sometimes even after that, hell , you could even add it afte...

On my latest build I suddenly decided to add a veneer to the headstock, quite late in the process. I think I already had shaped the neck, so I had to lower the already routed top surface of the headst...

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@dave The thing is, usually, the more expensive neck blanks are the ones that are also easier to work with, because their reference edge is properly set, the surface is flat, so you don't have to worr...