Better late than never Waz, but you have me wondering how anyone could actually be late for a conversation... :-)

Truth be told I prefer the darker and more Blue colour the neck is now, yet at the same time the edge of the body looks gorgeous in the lighter Turquoise, and despite being the same colour as the edge it is a crying shame the front of the body isn't as even due huge unevenness in the tiny little amount of grain that is on the front.

I didn't sand the body or the neck very much. Basically all I've done is remove the raised grain on the body and other than head shaping I did clear some feathering at the base of the neck using some 280.

Looks like it's 180 time. At least I'm lucky that I don't have a 0.6mm veneer to worry about...