

Last seen: Jul 26, 2025
As Harry Enfild once said, "You don't wanna do it like that" 🤣
I've used beech, ash, oak, cherry and walnut so far. All been really good. Only tricky one is oak because I did a carve top and it's very hard l...
@russ thanks bud, it's so much nicer, the whole fit and finish is vastly improved and now I could happily put it up for sale
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@liebe the finish was kinda tacky, floyd sat fairly high above the recess and the recess rout wasn't very good. That one was my first carve top too I ...
@liebe surfacing bit from radian tools, use it then give it a quick sand and it's ready to go. I use 80 grit on a hard piece of wood.
Meant to include a before pic of how the guitar used to look Full build can be found on my youtube channel too
@brie Looks really nice bud, the neck wood looks a bit mahogany ish but not sure.
@koendb zero issues, I did 3 but when pulling the trem up it was pushing against the springs so I tried 2 and it works perfect.
@boo be sure to insist on a 4 string because a 5 string is a pain in the hoop! 🤣
@liebe friend had really old massive slabs of it, sold me one. Also sawed it up for me with his massive machinery so I could get the maximum use.
1 year per inch thick for drying is what I understand
I tried doing them seperately once but it was such a farce, so awkward. I'd mask off the neck to do the body seperate and vice versa if doing it again...
@tv101 well seeing as this thread has popped up again I'll just say here and now, none of my ash necks have suffered a single issue. All still perfect...
Osmo poly x is superb for a wipe on finish, that's my goto these days. I'll often used thinned down polyurathane though on mahogany etc, sanded in to ...
@boo if it haqppens again just glue the neck in and glue the ferrules in then glue screw heads in 🤣 🤣