So at this stage, after a rather excessive work schedule then a couple of weeks away, I'm back to put the finish on. Did all the required sanding and drilled the holes for volume/tone.

I decided to go for an oil type finish in the end - I bought some Crimson guitars Penetrating oil and some High build finishing oil. I'll go for a rattle can lacquer on the next one.

I presume they are similar (ish) in content to a Truoil/Danish Oil type finish, and along the lines of a blend of BLO, varnish and thinners though Crimson are rather reticent about supplying the ingredients and proportions. I'm guessing the High Build stuff has a slightly higher proportion of varnish as it's giving a glossier type finish and it's slightly thicker in consistency. Anyway it seems pretty straightforward to apply and seems to go on fairly easily.

A bit of advice. After I've done sufficient coats which I'm getting near to, I'll leave it to cure off for a couple of weeks. Then what is the process for finishing off? Is it the same process that I do with wipe on varnish; i.e. level sand then polish? Level sanding doesn't seem as necessary with an oil finish from looking at it, though I'm far from an expert using oil. I've seen others use some 0000 wire wool (horrible stuff - seems to go everywhere) and then some wax.