Been looking at stain to help the birdseye maple pop a little, it's very pale with no colour. I think this amber tint looks like it's the way to go. I...

@markbailey Merry xmas to you and Carol. Personally I'm looking forward to the new year and my missing parcels finally showing up so I can get ...

@rathius satin for me, I'm a fan of satin or matt because it's to easy which I like lol

@norriemac congrats on the guitar, looks gorgeous! Acoustic is defo on my todo list at some point.

@rathius fender fit everything including the frets then spray, then carefully scrape the finish off the frets. I can't help thinking the finish will g...

@rathius On the youtube channel have you clicked the live tab? There's loads in there as I just found out last night.

Cheers guys

@tv101 good job!

@tv101 it's not to tricky tbh, I just added an acrylic base to a router, bought a bowl and dish router bit then just knock up a quick template using 2...

@tv101 Here's what I do to the neck heels area on my builds, I use 38mm screws from axesrus then I can do a 20mm neck heel and take the body down to 2...

@tv101 screw ferrule for the neck is to close to the edge?

@tv101 surely the perfect gap for binding which would be pretty cool!

@tv101 sounds like I need more wall hangers and more wall! Lol

@tv101 haha I was really lucky with wood and a good friend with decent tools, routers, saws etc. He's been great. But yeh, I just love it, most of i...

@tv101 I'm going to chop the headstock off to use as a template and burn the rest! I'm happy to go thin, I've done less than 20mm at the first fret wi...

@robin Yep and using new methods I've picked up watching Mark's vids! I much prefer the look of his carving method and also I'm buying a 450mm radius ...

Ok operation new neck is under way, the decision has been made. Birdseye maple again with ebony board

Got the fretboard off, levelled the neck with my long fret levelling beam. Maybe I'll tidy the back of the fretboard and reglue, see how it goes.

@bpower it's a pretty thin neck and I'd have to level the back too I think, also if I just level the board I think there will be a definite curved joi...

@robin I think a cap is ok, has the rest of the body wood to keep it in line. Pesky necks are the issue, nothing to clamp to to hold them in line