Welcome along, I already started building before arriving here but have since been watching Mark's lives on youtube and learnt even more. I'm kinda ob...

We're down to 2 cats at the moment, did have 6 cats and a dalmatian at one point lol

@russ it's fine, I'm on top of the hill lol

@liebe It's designed to go straight on wood, it's a hardwax oil. This guy uses hardwax oil over stain without anything else. Same sort of thing, just ...

@russ cheersw buddy, so far so good. I had to use two bin bags to get my neck out to the shed to do more work though lol. Normally I can wrap a guitar...

@liebe Sweet T guitars on youtube would be the guy to check out regarding using it with stains. I tend to just go natural. And yeh, matt/...

@rathius straight edge is a good idea, used that method to cut the slot for the switch on my strat build, worked great. Also with plunge base, got the...

@rathius I was thinking like a tree, dragon etc. Could fill with resin, getting the hang of that now. The secret is a tiny amount of pigment, then you...

@rathius A dark wood headstock plate is perfect for hiding everything though! Superglue and sawdust, brilliant on the likes of ebony or that. I...

Frets in, side dots in, fret ends filled and the main neck carve is done. Next up will be some headstock work I think

@liebe looking good, the osmo poly x stuff it brilliant imo, bought some not long ago to try out and very happy with the results. I don't see i...

@rathius I've got the neje 3 plus, have been thinking about doing a full on fretboard job but so far just use it for the headstock logo. I leave the p...

Yeh he's a proper nosey git lol Anyway, board radiused to 12 and got the fret markers in

@boo it would take an awful lot of soldering to get any harm from the lead, not nearly big enough amounts. It's like a lot of things, 2k spray etc, th...

@boo Heat the item, add the solder lol. And use leaded, that lead free stuff is naff, I can do everything with a simple 30 watt iron using leaded stuf...

Got the trussrod slot routed, headstock angle done and fretboard glued and clamped. I like cutting the headstock angle wide of the line with the bands...

Dear Mark, don't cut 26 fret slots on my bass fretboard, it just confuses me 🤣 Anyway, fretboard from Mark and Carol arrived so I can crack on ...

So it's defo gonna be a tele!

@boo mahogany body with yew top. I look for the really gnarly bits then saw them in half wirh my little old bandsaw.