I got four coats of Tru Oil on the neck this week, and after checking it last night, decided to stop there. I like the feel already, but don't want to make it too thick.
So, last night I mounted the neck on the body and started on the hardware assembly. The bridge was a little tricky to assemble once the base was screwed into place, but I finally figured it out after some trial and error. There's no good way to compress the spring to get the top in place, other than to put one end against the tension adjustment screw, the other against the top flange, and just push it into place. Turned out I was trying to make it harder than it really is.
I got the bridge mounted and rechecked the neck alignment with two strings. Still good. Got the selector switch and single coil pickups mounted to the pick guard, and mounted the humbucker.
Still not happy about that brown spot on the back of the neck, but it is what it is.
It's coming along. Planning to do all the soldering this weekend, then some setup, which should give me a playable guitar.
I might actually finish this thing after all.
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