Re: Finally finished...NDIYGD
Thanks so much for all the nice comments.
One thing I forgot to mention which is a little interesting is the bridge Triple Shot. I wanted a thick one for the bridge bucker but the guitar is a flat top. The Triple Shots for flat tops only come in a thin version (same size for neck and bridge). So I used a carved top type (for LP type tops) and used a belt sander clamped in a vice to sand down the bottom of the TS until it was just about flat.
If you look closely at the first picture I posted, you can see a very slight space between the TS and the guitar body. It is not noticable unless you look close. But this gives me the extra thickness (over the stock flat top TS) that I wanted for the bridge. I could have sanded it a bit more to make it perfect, but this is good enough. You probably wouldn't notice if I didn't bring it to your attention.
Anyway, I'm very pleased with the outcome of my project. If I do another, I'll probably use poly instead of nitro. I think it would be much easier and quicker...and probably much less likely to chip (nitro is notorious for chipping esp when drilling holes in it).
