So after applying more grain filler and primer I've ended up successfully filling the mahogany and most of the spalted maple.... yes there are still a bunch of pores left on the spalted maple and it's driving me crazy. The pores are not very deep whatsoever and I feel I can get away with not filling these pores but I'm not taking any risks.
I'm not exactly a fan of pickup rings, especially the ones that came with the kit so I've decided to attach a pickguard! I know for a fact that IB style S and SA series guitars have never been manufactured with a pickguard, and nobody online sells modified pickguard for these guitars either. I took my chances and purchases an IB style RG pickguard that is ever so close to fitting. The holes for the pots on the pickguard do not line up with the holes for the pots on the body itself (as expected) and the pickup selector rout does not line up at all it is so far out of line that it doesn't even sit over the existing control cavity rout on the guitar. Of course I could just rout a new cavity for the switch but for the pocket to be deep enough for the switch I'd have to rout through to the other side of the guitar meaning I'd also need a custom made cavity plate. I don't own a router and I've been told a dremel tool would do the job so it looks like that's the way I'm going.
I will provide some pics not long after this initial post.
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