Quote Originally Posted by fender3x View Post
At this stage the stain is already on. I may go the split the difference route, and do the do the holes for the bridge, but leave the holes for the pickguard until the end. I have plenty of curing time to think about it. Thanks for going through the details!
Paulownia is such a soft timber, I wonder if it would be worth while drilling and gluing in dowels where the screws have to go so they don't strip out when screwing into the Paulownia?