Made a newbie mistake on this build. Needed to enlarge the post holes for the bridge since the Gotoh has larger posts. Unfortunately the obvious solution of "just drill out bigger holes" kind of made a mess. Wood around the holes got tore up pretty badly and I left it to sit.

With the new kit coming my motivation is renewed and I'm trying to make some time for this, hopefully I can get it sprayed before it gets too cold. Fixed up the post holes with some wood glue, hopefully that will hold it together.

Also got it slathered with a coat of ebony timbermate to fill some grain. Will use a filler primer which will hopefully cover remaining imperfections.



Hopefully over the next couple days I can fill the neck, sand them both, and glue.

Also need to make plans for back covers since this came without any hardware. I'm very tempted to embed the trem cover.