Started my second build, this time a SG junior kit with the karajini red dingotone finish. I spent some time with a shinto rasp refining the bevels and put on the stain coats - unfortunately the front of the guitar seems to have faded particularly compared with the end-grain. So faded cherry it is
Had some difficulty with the stain continuing to come off as I moved to the top coat, and based on the feedback from the forum the suggestion was to use Tru-Oil instead. Luckily I still had some from my first build so I've got four coats on the body, and two on the neck (the neck already had two coats of the dingotone neck finish so I'm not sure I'll need to add more). Plan is to go for a matt to slightly satin finish, so when I'm done adding coats on the body it will be a vigorous rub down with 0000 steel wool, t-shirt and maybe some printer paper. Then a quick buff and polish with dingowax.
Plan for the hardware, I have:
Martin Smith handwound p90 pickup
Kluson keystone tuners
Kluson wraparound bridge - going for old school non-compensated junior goodness
2 x 500k CTS pots with orange drop .22uf cap
Vintage braided wire
Going for an uncomplicated rock guitar
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