@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 🤣 🤣

I got mine out of aldi years ago, still going strong. Came with the snake attachment too which helps when I drill those ferrules off centre lol ...

Hey @Boo while I remember, got these from tool station, pretty cheap but can be pretty handy. There's a little dremmel sized one in the kit too.

I say old bean, get yourself a dremmel, there's a good chap what what 🤣

@boo Welcome. Usually with gibson scale I measure 630mm for scale line which is slightly longer, seems to work great.

@somethingnicer Here's what I did on my latest les paul type build. You can also slice off the lower half of the heel and glue a longer piece ...

@boo my ggbo build, the black limba neck through with binding etc. That's a 24.75 scale with floyd, works perfect. A lot of companies have been doing ...

Guitarists name is Caleb Nelson apparently, he's on IG and FB, could try dropping him a message maybe. Other than that I got nothing from googly! Lol

I've ruined a couple of bodies, a couple of necks and an almost finished build! But, I've learnt to get over stuff pretty quick these days and just ge...