Took me a while but... It's ready!
I had a bit of a bad experience with the timbermate wood filler - it was very hard to sand and took forever. I went for the mahogany coloured filler, so it was harder to distinguish between what was wood and what was filler, but it's done now.
I put in a couple of coats of cabot water based poly, sanding with maroon scotch Brite between coats. Waited about 10 days after the last coat to cure, then level sanded with 800+1200 grit, then white scotch Brite. Job wasn't perfect in the top, I had a few poly runs in the back, but decided to keep those as is. I ended with some Meguiar's polish compound and then scratch remover with some foam pads in a drill.
I am in love with the results. Sure, there are imperfections and I think the top could have turned out better, but overall I'm very proud. I think there are some sharp spots on my tailpiece because I have broken some strings at the ball end, but other than that, it's great.
I haven't played it really loud just yet, but will do so this weekend, so I am looking forward to that. Still haven't purchased the pickups for it, so I installed the ones from the kit. Will try and get some more pictures and maybe a video this weekend.
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