Been trying things out for the finish on this one when it comes. First is sawdust and superglue to fill the cracks then a coat of oil based polyuretha...

@tv101 Not saying it's terrible, just maybe not as good as having an actual piece of the wood lol. Worst case in this context 🤣 🤣

@tv101 Worst case you could maybe use random wood then add a veneer to match the top?

Neck blank has been routed, trussrod fitted and fretboard glued, I can get on with that tomorrow or something but in the meantime I've been out and le...

@robin Loads more adjustment too, I always fit new strings on a new build. At least it helps rule the problem out if there is a problem.

That dust plus superglue can fix many guitar building mishaps! Bag it! lol

@robin just leave loads of winds on the pegs, that way you can reuse them if it doesn't fix the problem. I don't really worry about tuning stability a...

@robin if the strings are old they could be causing intonation problems, I had a bad G with a set of elixir and they were brand new! Intonation was aw...

Well that's the body blank all glued up! Needed a few clamps due to the nature of wonky oak lol. I often find with anything spalty or that it needs a ...

@swepri I get bored and restless lol

@tv101 but only one at a time instead of batches lol

@tv101 yeh but I'm handy too! 🤣

Got another piece off a mate, defo oak this time. Need to figure out which way they'll go best together.

So got to my mates today and got the sycamore sawn up. His self made gadget worked a treat! And this afternoon another mate po...

@russ nah, it's only small pieces of wood that put my back out, I'm fine with big bits lol

Operation f**k this is a go! Ooft that was a heavy beast! Taking it to a mates tomorrow to slab it.

First coating of hard wax oil is now on, got to leave it till tomorrow to add more. It's a satin clear. I'm going to be using wax over the top to crea...

@tv101 yeh it's an awkward shade of wood to stain but I think I'm getting there lol

@timc not yet bud, I'm using their stain though but I want to check out the hard wax oil after watching youtube vids. I normally just finish with matt...