I mentioned in my first post that the body had some chattering/tearing issues on the back, this is the worst of them but there are several other lesser ones.
Normally, a good heavy sanding would clean up most of them but the one above was too deep. The complicating issue is that I can't afford to sand away endlessly even a 1mm or 2 would mean the cavity cover have to be recessed further which would probably mean my switch block would no longer fit above the pots. So, in the end I wicked in some glue to the above tear and will touch up with timbermate later.
It took a ton of sanding up through the grits to get rid of all the machine marks on the sides of the body, as there were some really rough spots. The end grain is always the worst and there were some very deep lines near where the strap button goes on the tail. Eventually I moved up to 240 grit all over.
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