Now it was time to get started on the body. I went over it with a wire brush to get rid of any glue spots and then gave it a light sanding with 320 grit. The top's up first, so I masked off the binding on the sides in the hope of keeping it clean and saving some scraping later. (although well intentioned, I had no idea this would lead to heartbreak later on; but we'll get there...)
Treated it with a pre-stain wood conditioner
For the first coat first coat I used Minwax Oriental Ginger water based stain at a 1:1 ratio of stain to water
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