@nsj gorgeous!

@russ thank you - that’s all the encouragement I need 😋

Explorer bodies take a lot of wood! Given that I’ve never made a body with rout for a trem system, FR or otherwise, I guessed that the chances of me making a horlicks of it are quite high, so I though...

ok, so again I’ve proved myself rubbish at showing what I’m up to - it’s a personality trait that I’m working on, please bear with me. I’ve already started this project, so there will be some quick up...

Has anyone tried installing frets into a fretboard before it’s attached to the neck? Would it just bow the fretboard backwards?

@russ top job!

For more info on tamarind wood try the Wood Database on wood-database.com I find it a really useful source of info about wood. 👍😃🎸

Bad ass! Thank you so much for the help with that!

Started getting finish on, the colour is amazing. Attachment : 20230705_164406-01.jpeg

@nsj Awesome! Thank you! Just curious, would resin (epoxy) work as good as superglue? This is my first time using spalted wood for guitars, so I have no idea what would be the best route to go about i...

Personally I'd try it and learn as I went. With spalty wood on bodies I use thin superglue in any softer areas, let it soak in till it stops absorbing. I'd be well up for trying that on a fretboard. ...

Hey everyone, I've got some spalted tamarind that I was thinking about using for a fretboard. I havent been able to find anything about it online. The only thing I've been able to find is that it's to...

Thank you for the information , it so helful ^^

Great for the suggestions ... thank you for sharing this..

Thank you for sharing your ideas. Here I have learned a lot of things from this post and appreciate your innovative thinking.

Brilliant, cheers guys. What I thought, but great to have it confirmed. I'm sure it won't be the last blip! Dan

Awesome - thanks folks. Very helpful suggestions. I'll leave it unsolved in case anyone else has ideas.Have a great rest of your day!

Hi folks, I've made a bit of a boo boo when gluing the fretboard. Perhaps the pins weren't pushed in for enough and I likely used too much titebond, but when clamping up the fretboard twisted on the h...

My opinion is that the change in the angle of the frets will be imperceptible. You're fortunate to have the fretboard wider than the neck, so I would sand or plane the fretboard to the width of the ne...

@robin It is indeed and it wasn't cheap. 300 smackers. It's actually to treat the external timber cladding on the house but I will be steeling a bit for a couple of guitars. Our house is clad in a har...