I realise I have been a touch lax and have had a VP project underway for a few months on and off the back burner as other stuff has cropped up.
Vision - satin wood look with black pickugard / pickups, silver bling. As it's a VP it comes with the ashtrays, so they'll go on after it's all said and done.
Anyway - to date - I have:
- sanded body and neck
replaced fret dots
replaced nut
chased down a new black pickguard that was warped (see topic on how to dewarp a pickguard)
chased down a sheet of pickguard material as the formerly warped pickguard doesn't fit
procured electrics for the build
stained the body
put one coat of Wudtone neck top coat only on the neck
Stain I am going with is a satin tru oil. Basically did a first coat of tru oil, let it cure and then did a heavy(ish) pore filling coat cut with turps so I could wet sand as it went in. Final light coat to give some more protection and I'm stoked with the outcome nice and soft like silk...
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