@rathius you have to dribble it into the slot before banging the fret in, you can use wood glue like titebond original too, cleans up with a damp clot...

@kalimar I like routing the trussrod channel while the blank is still squared, I use a fence on my router to follow the edge of the blank. Then...

Ok so I got new binding, going with an ivory as I think it'll look great with the black limba. I'll choose some other pickups. Did my first ever 12t...

New bindind arrived today, it's to white, so now I have two that don't match the pickups lol. Anyway ordered another, 3rd time lucky hopefully. ...

Turns out the binding is to yelllow when you get it in good light but I have more browny coloured cream binding on the way which should match the pick...

@rathius I use regular car matt 1k, so simple, dry sand very lightly after to remove any overspray or that but there's none of this wet sanding or pol...

@kalimar old maple and mahogany floor boards make nice necks, just trim off the nail holes. For the body any hardwood will do really, just need to be ...

@kalimar Over as laminate, it's about 1.5mm thick or so but I like to match the face of the headstock to the body wood.

Got enough thickness to take the top of the neck down? Remember to include the fretboard thickness. Like if you want 21mm at the first and your board ...

@kalimar Totally finet, usually about 7 minimum, my headstocks are usually 7 - 10 or so and all work perfect without string trees. There's no exact r...

I often stick scraps together to make bigger pieces for cavity covers and headstock plates like this one.

Due to taking the lady shopping today I didn't get a lot done. My binding showed up though and looks a pretty good match to my pickups. Also my new bi...

Did some of the cutting out of the inner horns and planed the fretboard sides to make room for binding, so far so good.

@swepri I find getting the drills to go exactly where you want them can be a bit of a fight lol. Small bits with the hand drill aren't so bad, you jus...

Little bit more work today, did the slot for the pickup wiring so when I rout out the pickup cavities the channel will appear. I cut a lot of excess o...

Well today I finally made a start, worked everything out then got the truss rod slot sorted, fretboard pinned and headstock angle. Need to wait on bin...

@russ all stable, only ever had one where the neck warped and that was a very expensive piece of birds eye maple! Yet if I've used old floorboards etc...

@rathius I sat a 12 radius block on a 16 radius board, the gap was les than 0.2mm! Took me by surprise, there's so little in it. I do 12, 14 and 16 th...

100% do all the fretwork first! It's a pain where the sun don't shine trying to do the upper frets after lol. And a 100% don't forget the pickup...