So here I go with Parlour N°2. It's pretty much the same as my first attempt but this time with X-bracing rather than ladder bracing. I'll try and give a wee bit more of an explanation of the process ...

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. 👍😃🎸

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

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

@nolanrathkegmail-com You certainly can use it for fretboards. I've seen it used a couple of times. You might be lucky enough to not need to fill in any gaps but if you do I'd follow @nsj advice and u...

@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...

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

@dhawkes1gmail-com I agree with robin, Dan. Just mark a new centre line on the fretboard and bring the sides in evenly to match your neck profile...... double check that your neck sizes and angle are ...

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...

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...

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

@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...

@boo Is that a 10 litre tin, that certainly won't be cheap.

Bought some new finish. It's not cheap this stuff is it? Attachment : IMG_20230704_164819.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230704_164827.jpg

@russ great work, keep it up 👍

Thank you all for your warm welcome. Planning on using the local Men's shed to prepare the body mold. Plan is to use this archtop guitar to learn all the basic techniques required for baroque instr...

All finished......🙌 Attachment : PXL_20230615_135408200.jpg Not quite........I forgot to put fret markers in so went back and fitted side dots Attachment : PXL_20230616_091918296.j...

Preparing bridge pin holes for strings Attachment : PXL_20230614_132246905.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230614_131703399.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230616_204801385.jpg 🎶...