The silence has been while I struggled with a lack of talent and experience with finishing in general and dye in particular. There's been another major sand back, associated with problems in the grain filling arena. The result has been somewhat felicitous though, since my struggles, caused by my foolish desire not to shell out for some sort of substantial grain filling product, has resulted in rather more prominent grain., which I think I like. The patch behind the bridge isn't ideal, but it's far uglier under the bridge!
This is a cosmetic dummy setup with a second prototype scratchplate made of paper and a control plate from duct tape. At the moment it just has a few layers of Birchwood sealer filler. I've just done the holes for the string through bridge, which took several hours due to measuring umpteen dozen times and drilling in several stages from both sides, but the result is more even than my normal raggety hole locating. When I've done the holes for the neck screws and deepened the control cavity then it will be tru oil time.
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