After grain filling and sanding, applied colortone cherry red this time at full strength, pretty happy with the colour on the back (in the photo it looks brownish but it is more red in the flesh) ...some funky grain happening on the front left side will need to be resanded and restained.
Pickups finally arrived from Guitar Fetish GFS single coil humbucker sized goldfoils.
Without hearing them, have to say happy with the pickups as far as build quality is concerned. The pickups are wax potted with shielded wire. They are quite heavy but haven't pulled them apart to see how their made. Hopefully they sound as good as they look!
I was considering using an Ex trem as I couldn't find a Hagstrom style tailpiece, plus all the sold ones, had sold for over $200 then remembered that Hagstrom supplied Guild their tailpieces in the 60's thought I might have better luck finding a Guild tailpiece for a reasonable price. AS it happens Guild is now supplying new tailpieces, so will get one of them and put something over the G logo at the base of the tailpiece. see photo.
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