dgreco3917

Something like this? 1. Sand unfinished wood to 200 grit. Wash surface with denatured alcohol. 2. Apply waterbase grain filler (stemwac #5576) using filler spreader to remove excess. Wipe off with cloth, sand with 320 grit. 3. Apply brushable waterbase varnish (stewmac #5567). 3 coats per day, 2 hours in between coats. Sand daily with 320 grit. 4. After a few days of 3 coats per day, sand with 800 grit, 3 more coats, then let it sit to cure. 5. 2 weeks later, wet sand with 800 grit; then buff with coarse, medium, and fine polishing compounds.

I'm about to embark on my third guitar project. First was just replacing all the hardware and electronics on my Schecter C1. Second was to redo my crappy old BC Rich Warlock, trying to make a $88 warlock sound and play pretty good. The results of both these projects were pretty good. My next project is to make a custom guitar from an ebay body and warmoth neck. I've decided on just a tung oil finish on the neck (mahogany neck and head, ebony fretboard) as I like the feel and look (and ease of applying), but want something a bit more protective for the body. Below is a pic of the body, it's majogany, purpleheart, and padouk. I would like to maintain the colors of all three woods as is. Just want some advice on how to prepare the wood and finish it. I'm not opposed to some sort of edge burst, but without a sprayer at the moment, would prefer something I can just wipe, brush, or rattle-can on.

On a related note, any advise on what bridge to use?

Designing my pseudo-kit guitar. (got a body and neck from warmoth already, I will do the rest of the work). Anyways, I was hoping to do a string through the body type of bridge, but my research on these bridges has been difficult. I have not decided on the actual bridge to use yet, but was trying to figure out what to do after that. I've heard people say they have angled the holes through the body. I've seen designs where the strings going through the body are staggered (like the string saddles on a strat), in a V shape, and just a straight line. Does the arrangment of strings after the bridge matter at all? Or is it just aesthetic differences?