New (and first) full time job has severely nerfed my guitar-build time, but that's a sacrifice I'm more than willing to make.

http://imgur.com/a/JdbkZ -> Two new posts of the body (and first pics of the headstock)

I'm very close to getting the body how I want it, then I'll work on grain filling and staining the back and sides black.


The headstock is not what I'm after. The mahogany takes the stain really differently to the maple veneer, it's turning a much darker green than the body. I figured there'd be a difference but it's far more than I'm comfortable with.

What I'm probably going to do is make the headstock black because of this.
That's fine by me!

Progress doesn't look like much, but I'm inching ever closer to it.

What do you all think regarding clearcoat after all the colour's done?
What do you use?
Do you use the same thing on the neck and body?