Ok, I have some questions that'll have some of you slapping your foreheads wondering "just how dumb is this guy?" But I have to ask. I've got very little wood working experience and about 4 years ago I bought a cheap guitar kit off the net and I've finally gotten time to do something with it.
Now when I say cheap, I mean it. So I'm not that surprised that the neck to body fit is lousey. I really don't expect this guitar to be much to play, it's really a learning tool before I start buying and building my fave pit bull kits.
So here goes. the kit is a es335 style with a flamed maple cap.
I've started staining the body and neck and I'm noticing the colour varies a fair bit depending on how the wood soaked up the stain. If I want a consistent colour do I need to mix different shades of stain to try to even out the colour, or will it eventually even out if I do different numbers of coats. The maple top soaked it up beautifully, I'm not sure what the wood on the back is, but it's coming up a much different shade.
Your opinions and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Adam