After my husband mentioned yesterday evening that it looks like something that Johnny Depp would play in "Pirates of the Caribbean", I decided to sand it down again. Not that I don't like Johnny Depp (he's actually a very talented musician), but it just wasn't what I had in mind :-)
So I hit it with a power sander. I couldn't remove all of the scratches as some are unfortunately pretty deep. I think these were probably already in the wood before it even became a guitar, because the way they run through the wood, I have no idea how these could even get in there, in all the curves and such.
I used grid 240 and 320 in the power sander, as well as a soft pad in between, so I could sand the curved top and bottom. For the sides, I hand sanded and went as low as 120 grid. Everything that didn't disappear with 120 grid, is meant to stay. I just didn't want to sand through, so I'll just accept the scratches that remain.
As for the neck, I used a fine blade to scrape away the glue spot, this worked so much better than sanding.
Now, this is after the first coat of stain and it's currently out to dry. Will do the front some time later today.
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