I knocked the guide ferrules into the holes on the headstock....measured aligned and drilled the holes for two tuners on the headstock....fitted them.
Clamped everything up and measured 432mm from the nut to the tippy top of the 12th fret. So measured 432mm from the top of the 12th fret to midway along the travel of the saddles on this seriously heavy bridge.
Aligned the neck....aligned pickups...measured all....moved things around....drilled bridge holes....drilled neck holes. Think the pick guard may wait a bit.
Pull it all apart and learn some things straight away:-
1. Dingo Tone stays active for a very long time.....I had little stain marks on the body, my work space....my hands....it has been 3 days. Now I lay down a few sheets of paper towel over my bit of carpet and beach towel.
2. Remedial sanding and wire brushing is problematic on DT when it has not fully cured....it fills the sand paper like it is still very wet. So patience is the key in the first place to avoid remedial work.....wet body down.....look for glue.....sand and sand and sand and then wet down again and sand and sand....and by the way did I say sand.
3. Body soaks up the DT at a rapid rate at 400 grit. 600 grit is the perfect fine sanding on this rock maple neck....sorry to doubt you Wokka.
4. Dingo Tone is so much easier to apply and prepare the body/neck ready for application than water based stains. Dingo Tone covers like nothing I have used before. Dingo Tone really grabs the figure and grain in the wood and pops it out there. Love some of the flame even in this pieces of plain old Basswood. DB this is a magic potion of yours.
5. Patience now....as DT takes a lot longer between coats and between layers of finish....stain, intensifying, final.
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