Drew's ES-5V first (ish) build

[DarkMark]

I’m not a fan of the knobs either, mine will be replaced. Good work on having a go at it yourself.

[blinddrew]

About to wander downstairs and have a shufti at yesterday's work. It frequently doesn't stand up to a second analysis!

[FrankenWashie]

You’re not on your own there Drew.

[blinddrew]

Next time I say something about making my own parts, somebody please give me slap...

[Simon Barden]

If at first you don't succeed - give up and buy them from eBay.

[blinddrew]

And if they were terrible I would, but they're just good enough to be worth persevering with!

[blinddrew]

The colour match was better before I tried to sand them and took a load of it off, at which point i realised that it hadn't penetrated into the wood nearly as far as I though. So i've managed to both make the finish less smooth and fail to actually stain the wood. Will have another go with something else next weekend.

[Simon Barden]

And if they were terrible I would, but they're just good enough to be worth persevering with!

If you made them out of jam jars they'd be worth preserving with.

It's only a matter of colour. I'm sure you'll get them matched.

[blinddrew]

Gives me something to moan about when the oil is drying between coats...

[blinddrew]

Hmmm. Dumb question time. I've been happily sanding, sealing and oiling away on the neck and body of my kit, separately. But it has suddenly occurred to me that the advice around doing this might actually be meant for 'screw on' rather than 'glue in' necks.
So quick question, should I have glued first and be oiling after? Or do I keep oiling and glue after? (with some corrective work around the join perhaps?)