So I have finally received the first of three kits I ordered. This one is for the Pastor of my church and he loves tele's. I have plans to do a stained fade finish in his favorite colors blue to green. I will be posting a picture tonigh of the kit to get some input. The thin quilted veneer has some grain missing that looks to be close to being they the veneer. Since I am staining can and should I fill with some grain filler or something to fill the spots before sanding to level and will it take the satin like the veneer? I plan on upgraded bridge and know from lots of reading that I will need to widen current bridge rout to accommodate. I will be changing pick ups and installing 4 way tele switch for more sound options. I am thinking if the finish goes as planned I may install a hum bucket pickup with trim instead of pickguard with single cool pickup. Any thoughts I could use a clear acrylic one with some airbrushing around pick up. I am going to change the tuners to locking grovers or similar.
My next two builds will be basses for me a IB-5 in a short scale Ash body. And a PBH-4 for that classic fender p bass with a bigger range both will be made active and more to come. I really look forward to all the input from you all I have been super excited to get ideas and help from the experts..
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