Okay so I sanded the body 120 - 250 - 325, and a quick shot of 400 on the neck. Smoooooooth!
My choice of color? Black Rit Dye!
I got the idea from the Guns and Guitars channel on YouTube. I had the dye lying around and figured I’d give it a shot.
I’m actually pretty happy with how it looks, it looks weathered:
Despite how much I sanded (and boooy did i sand!) there were still some deep pits I didn’t catch and they were clear as day once I started dyeing. In my frustration/haste I attempted to pack the color into those areas and made some dark spots. I grabbed some rags and tried to rub it off but rubbed other areas in the process and the result is honestly pretty cool IMO. Good thing I’m not into “pretty” guitars. It looks like a chunk of wood from the Black Pearl.
The neck on the other hand, came out DAMN GOOD:
The neck thus far has honestly been the All Star of this build. The frets were damn near perfect out of the box and it took the dye like a champ. I’m super happy with it. I might put another coat but it looks great as is. We’ll see how it looks once dry.
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