Argh, I posted a nice pic of the clearcoated body and managed to delete it later bc the mobile site is a bitch. Well, Ill show that to you guys when I get home, since the site doesnt let me post them from mobile.
Anyway, heres some of the things Ive done/encountered/learned:

- The yellow lacquer Ive been using is only available at a single store in my city, which is annoying. And they stock one small can maybe every week. But at least it ensures I work at a nice slow pace with curing time.
- Since I have cats, every now and then a single hair will fall off my clothes while Im painting and land in the fresh paint. Ive gotten pretty adept at preventing this (no, I do not spray lacquer in the nude) or at least fixing it when it happens and I dont catch it until its dried.
- Body's clearcoated on front and three edges. I have to do a little sanding on one edge where its a bit rough, but at least I got to test the clearcoat and make sure it looks right and buffs OK.
- Neck is coming along... I had to sand down a couple of rough spots along the back and then sand off the damned accent that I fucked up. Almost ready to try stenciling it again. Think I have a plan now to make it look better.
- I got some decal paper where I was going to put a logo/makers mark on the black accent, but when I tested it on scrap wood, the dried version looked terrible - dried with a whitish background. Printing the logo with a black background was slightly better, but still not right. What Ill probably do is discard the decal paper and print parts of the logo on adhesive paper, apply that to the accent before clear coating. I hate doing that (it wont be quite flat), but It seems the best option. The other idea is to make a stencil within a stencil when doing the accent, which (if it works) will look cleaner, but if I fuck up I have to do the whole process again.

Decisions, decisions!