Appreciate the advice! Thank you. I'll get some and experiment with the application and order. I've got a plan now, thanks folks!

The sanding sealer would help to prevent blotchy spots in the staining. It might be a good idea on the endgrain of a guitarbody and if applied correctly, gives you a more even result. But If you over...

Appreciate that, thanks mate. Sounds like you've done the kinda thing I'm planning to do. I'd read that oil based stain can bleed into an oil finish, that's why is owned to use water based and let it ...

@dhawkes1gmail-com I have not used a sanding sealer yet. Just some stain, oil and wax. I kind of like the structure of the wood remaining under the oil. Someday I will try to spray a guitar and will p...

@swepri completely agree. I'd planned to use some of the mahogany off cuts from the build, but like to have a plan and thought it was worth me checking that my thinking wasn't off. I guess I should h...

@dhawkes1gmail-com You could (should?) always test different methods and stain on the offcut pieces. Especially when trying new products. Can save a lot of frustration later...

Superb, thanks Clinton. It was making sense to me, but then read something about sanding sealer and want sure whether that should be part of the schedule.

You are good on track

I would definitely try to rescue the fretboard first and indeed fill it with glue and dust. Perhaps it is not a bad idea to figure out the correct placement for the frets and double check them. There...

@Robin @swepri, thank you very much for the links, I from France, so guitarsandwoods would prob work better for me, althouh how much does markbailey price for his fretboards? Thank you again

So after 7 months, I finally found the time to finish this guitar...I removed all the hardware, sanded with 220 and 320, then applied Crimson High Build Finishing oil, using paper towels, followed by ...

Hey folks, I'm undertaking my first electric set neck build and of course getting ahead of myself and planning the finish before I've completed making the templates😅. I've had good results usi...

@swepri good idea! Thank you!

I would draw a full scale side view of the guitar, with the preferred bridge height and go from there to determine the neck angle.

@dav I don't know which region you live in, but in Europe this is a place I usually buy stuff from: FRETBOARD BLANKS (guitarsandwoods.com)

@robin Hey, thank you :D. Yeah thats the thing. I gave it some thought and I feel like the best thing to do is to get a fretboard replacement. Do you know where I could buy a blank from? Im looking fo...

Hello, About a month ago I stupidly ordered a headless fan fretted neck off of *sigh* Aliexpress. After removing all the frets and rounding the fretboard itself, I started to notice that the 22nd fre...

Thanks NSJ, useful stuff. I guess once I've completed my first build the steps Mark provided above will make more sense. The bit I can't envisage yet is how to create the neck angle? Cheers Dan

100% do all the fretwork first! It's a pain where the sun don't shine trying to do the upper frets after lol. And a 100% don't forget the pickup wiring slot, I did on my 2nd one! Luckily it had a fl...