A very pleasant day of building so far! I ended up taking the jigsaw/rasp/sandpaper to the body a bit more (taking a bit of the upper rear bout and changing the angle of the rear end a bit!), as well as fixing up the cavities. I also shaped the headstock – a freehand version of a Fender one as I like the shape but don’t want to have an “exact” replica.
I then went through the same sanding process I went through last time on the body. I realise most start with 240, but I quite like starting with 60! I realise that the body reshaping I do means more of a heavy-handed sanding approach, but I do find that it’s nice to be able to change the feel of other areas of the body that I haven’t cut – contours, the profile of edges etc. So I basically go 60, 120, 180, 240, 320, wipe body with damp cloth to raise fibres, 400, do a timbermate slurry, let dry, then a final 400 to get it ready for priming. And that’s where I am now: body mounted on trusty painting stick!
With any luck I'll get a couple of primer coats on and hopefully the first of the colour coats before the weekend is done!
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