Wet sanded the clear coat and polished after 3 days using Spray Max 2k clear gloss spray. It is expensive ($48 per can) but dries very hard and you dont have to wait a month to sand and polish. It was not my greatest spray job and quite a few imperfections are still there but it sounds great and plays well so I will probably leave it as it is. The upgraded bridge and tuners (Gotoh) and the tonerider pickup and upgraded electronics I think all add up to a nice sounding bass.