Kind words, thank you. I'm quietly proud of it - never thought I could accomplish it. It's a real tribute to Mark's teaching abilities and patience. ...

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I would love your opinion on this Mark... Maybe I'll mask the fingerboard a fraction of a mil short for the primer and peel off the tape before it set...

Thanks Mark - I'm kinda alergic to Stewmac due to high prices AND import duty - once bitten, twice shy. I notice Crimson sell a product... a teneer fo...

Further to this... It occurs to me that the side of the fingerboard will be masked for the primer coats which will need to harden before several coats...

always a good tip eh... it'll be Tonetech white primer and Tonetech clear gloss BTW H

Does anyone foresee any problems spraying clear onto primer?

Jolly good, thanks Mark. Cut the truss rod slot and angled the headstock this afternoon. Now, we're away for a week then it's back to the prototype p...

My calculations indicate a drop of about 4mm from the end of the fingerboard to the (Wilkinson trem) bridge. About 2 to 2.5 deg. Does that sound about...

I'm still thinking about this. I think Fender Strats have no neck angle... Mine doesn't seem to. Help me understand why I ought to engineer a small an...

Mark... I assume 70mm will be more than adequate at the body end? I have a piece of mahogany I can glue on to give me that depth. Were you going to in...

Thanks... if I go with magnets I think they will be a reasonable distance from the pickups holding on the backplate rather than the scratchplate... go...

Mighty Perdy! Nice work again. Hats off as always... What's next?

{ The thinking behind this project... I always revert to my Strat. It's comfortable for me to play and has a rainbow of tone colours that I love. I re...