@bart-van-der-kemp Thanks, the finish looks good, not familiar with “hardware oil” have you got a link to the product please? Also did the oil alter the colour from when you stained it at all?

Attachment : A235DCFC-F998-4EB2-98BD-F264293163BD.jpeg Attachment : 37AD4CDB-FCBA-4AAB-8689-0D84E0E55C08.jpeg Neck nearly done now, angle of the heal is a little steeper than I’d like so mi...

@koendb Don’t have it to hand, off the top of my head it’s going to end up 23mm at the headstock end. There’s a sizeable step from where I didn’t lock the depth stop in which means there’s now only ab...

Getting there with the neck, heal needs a lot more work still but the rest is pretty much there. I got a real issue though with the thickness. As I screwed up the initial root for the truss Rod I can’...

So your 25.5” scale length for a 22 fret board means that board will be about 47.6cm (18 3/4” ish) long. You need to decide where you want the neck to join the body of the guitar and make sure you hav...

Slow progress after more illness! At some point I’m not going to need a new tool to do the next step, the carving is going well but the rasp I have is way to big for the heel and volute(?) so waiting ...

I gave up caring about tear out and small dings and chips, @koendb I can’t let this one go, it’s way too obvious! Should be able to clean it up ok though, in theory 😬

@russ cheers, it’s good from that angle, on the left though it’s literally paper thin, now with a small chip too so I’ll need to reprofile the edge and wrap the headstock with something to protect whi...

Took it down a little thinner than planned, as the tape slipped and I didn’t notice until it was too late, thankfully didn’t go through the veneer but it was pretty close!!! Attachment : E3A3F4E6...

Front laminate done, no slipping during clamping so the truss rod slot is nicely aligned 🙂 Now to trim and thin it down, a lot!!!! Attachment : FF385C3E-05CB-406E-ABDD-4BC4CB1B4327.jpeg ...

@mattbeels will take a few more, tend to get carried away with the practical but so pictures take a back seat!

Routed the truss rod slot on the front headstock veneer and glued it on. It’s really thick and I want it at about half a mm so I’ll surface route it to thickness on the neck angle jig when it’s dry. G...

The piercing saw worked a treat to clear the glue in the fret slots, no where near as much in as I’d thought which was good. Anyway, the fret board is on, irritatingly not perfectly aligned but we’re ...

@robin well I found a junior hacksaw blade, what I also found was a piercing saw i forgot I had so can easily get it out with that 🙂

@robin Thanks, I’d just assumed it’d be too wide but I’ll give it a test!

The fretboard is clamped on and drying, when I wiped the squeeze-out off a fair bit of the excess has ended up in the ends of some of the fret slots. Other than buying a fret slot saw does anyone have...

It all looks very neat even the bit you said is a mistake @rocknroller912 thanks, did I say it was a mistake, they’re erm, internal tone voids to create a resonance cascade that will enhance the vibr...

Got the fillet sorted, had to make a custom one to cover up where I’d routed the slot too wide. There are still two thin gaps where I screwed up the slot even wider but that shouldn’t be a problem. Un...

Would this pic be annoying enough @steveadams really hope you’re ok, seriously take it easy, can’t be too careful. Fight through the sadness that only a pool and beer can provide 🤔

@cheesewhisk cracking job, let me know how you get on with the rogue superglue. That’s the exact reason I was querying the use of superglue for frets in the first place so very interested you know how...