Well I've been struck, unfortunately not thunderstruck but struck with disaster.
Man what a tale of woe that I have to tell, I had marked the locations of the new bridge holes, used a straight edge to check that the strings would pass over the pickup poles, yet somehow I managed to completely screw it up so badly the low E string was off the fretboard by the 17th fret in the process managing to put a few dings in my lovely finish.
To make matters worse, trying to drill the earth hole to the new hole I popped the screw out through the top. And then managed to snap the drill bit in the hole and can't get it out I had also seen people of the 'tube use a small bolt to help pop out the bridge bushing, but it apparently wasn't big enough so I ended up with it getting stuck down there. I managed to pop them using a claw hammer and lots of padding on the body and bridge pin.
So I've plugged the holes up, trying this time to use long grain instead of end-grain (from the dowel) to see if I can make the plugs disappear better! Oh and I also managed to chip some of the plug off the bass side when flattening it, so have tried to make a sawdust and PVA filler.
Wall meet my forehead, multiple times with some force!
Plan is sand back the front, reapply the dingotone stain coat to see if I can hide the patches, possibly even covering the existing dowel plugs with a small long grain plug. And then I've been toying with the idea of a home made finish similar to tru oil (1/3 poly, 1/3 boiled linseed, 1/3 metho) or maybe just buy another small bottle of tru-oil.
in the process managing to put a few dings in my lovely finish.
I had also seen people of the 'tube use a small bolt to help pop out the bridge bushing, but it apparently wasn't big enough so I ended up with it getting stuck down there. I managed to pop them using a claw hammer and lots of padding on the body and bridge pin.
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