Great Q - Thanks @usadave! I will cover this in tomorrows livestream...1pm GMT - link to follow...

Hi Dave and Welcome! Where in the USA do you live?

Welcome Dave. Looks like you've got off to a good start. Hope the build goes well. Keep the pictures coming. Cheers, Russ 🙂🎸🙏🎶

@usadave Welcome to the group I hope you find it useful

That advice is almost too smart! well said, thanks man! @usadave No problem, I’m here to encourage happiness with guitars. 😁

@usadave I can’t see anything wrong, which tuner is it.

Minor, I would roll with it the way it is. It looks freakin amazing. Wait til you put the finish on. It is honna be gorgeous. Top job man!

@usadave Personally I think you should leave it and move on. Unless you replace the headstock veneer the repair will always be visible and that is probably worse than a tuner that’s slightly off. Plus...

How would one go about doing that? Dowel and redrill? Fill it with black epoxy? Don’t bother? @usadave Yeah, if you wanted to do it, just dowel it and redrill etc but personally I would leave it, get...

.003" is nothing between friends... 😎 Pretty sure it will be just fine. Let us know if you have any bother down the line...try harder next time?

Nothing feels loose but I’m wondering if I blew it or should I just carry on? @usadave It’s fine Dave, carry on, seat them as best you can and so long as they are not loose, they will be fine. It’s ...

@usadave Dont be too hard on yourself. You're probably making a comparison with factory guitars which are mostly made on CNC machines these days and a hand built guitar is never going to achieve that ...

@usadave You’ve got frets that are sitting .002”above the fretboard? Get out of here you bloody amateur!!! Haha, just kidding! Don’t sweat it man, you haven’t blown it. How do you even measure .002” a...

Mark was not kidding putting a radius on ebony is a nightmare @usadave It’s looking good Dave. One thing you have to remember about radiusing a fretboard by hand is to keep checking the height at all...

@usadave Lookin’ good dude, nice headstock! Glad you didn’t go through the inlays 👍, just wait until it needs a refret! 😬 Keep the photos coming!

"I fortunately haven't blown through to the truss rod slot but I am wondering how thin is too thin when it comes to the wood between the bottom of the groove and the back of the neck? Your experienced...

I'll talk about this on the livestream tomorrow if that is OK with you lot?

Yeah - not a fan of that truss rod - too big for me.

Hey Dave Lol yeah.... Definitely a little too far! The plan is to compensate with a nice cover... Put a veneer over it, the mess just disappears. Attachment : 20201020_125656.jpg

@Dave, there is generally give or take 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch of meat underneath the truss rod after the the neck is carved. Bare that in mind on your next build. The weakest point is in between the n...