So you did Mark - I couldn't see through the tears of disappointment ? This is the way we shall progress... thanks again for your patience.

Thinks... Hey but Mark... as I intend to spray said Stratomonster a Stratty colour I can attach a similar block underneath at the body end to the opti...

Ah! Not having the hardware yet I hadn't measured the depth of the trem block.Back to the drawing board!I had also been watching video of people putti...

My block is 970x110x42 This is a first draft and I will re-draw when I have the actual components. I have used your fingerboard so that sets the lengt...

Hah - the plan is to have no pup surrounds but to load from the rear. No screws on the front at all. Mad (probably) - but I think I have a plan. I ma...

Now I have your lovely piece of rosewood I have begun the drawing and more detailed planning... I can now see that a conventional Strat not only has t...

I will experiment sometime I think... you get a lotta CA glue from Poundland for er... £1... seems to work fine. thanks for great input again... (it e...

back to the original subject... I wonder whether using cyanoacrylate as a wood finish would have done the job? Anybody had any experience of using sup...

More good input - thanks. Ben at Crimson is a vintage tool nut and runs a shop specialising in those in parallel to Crimson Guitars. Perhaps he though...

Oooooo - nice cabinet! Actually all your work looks amazing! If you look carefully at the back of my build you should discern the sweep of a cover pla...

Well - I finally got round to this and here are the photos requested by Mark. I removed the frets and sanded a mm or so off the fingerboard. I re-fret...

Well, I got round to this and I learnt a lot BUT... it's a fail. The neck, from a nylon string beginner's guitar found in the woods, just can't take e...

Unless I get alarms from you guys I think I'm going to fine sand and rub in a few coats of Renaissance Wax. That seems to retain a lighter colour in t...

I used an oil-based poly varnish from Toolstation and mixed it 50/50 with white spirit. Unfortunately wenge seems to darken considerably at the slight...

OK - I've tried a 50/50 poly/white spirit rub. Nice finish but still darkens the "Wenge" considerably. But... I think I may have found the answer... S...

Great points Darren, thanks... oil-based it is then. I had already completed the guitar so the finish lightening project was an after thought - it's n...

good thinking but my wife might not agree... surprised she didn't have a little word about gunky, resinous residue in our largest casserole pot... thi...

to my finishing expert friends... I have a mind to try the water-based Poly to avoid darkening the wood as much as possible. Is this a bad idea? If I ...