Thanks guys
Thank you for the reply.
Yep, I brushed the back of the cover too. One coat of lacquer. Thought it had been dry after a week from staining.
Should I sand it back to wood before placing to dry?
It's somewhere between maple and alder.
I had to change that Full Shred to Duncan Custom to get warmer, more humbucker sound.
So I would say it's pretty bright too.
I started a year ago. Have done it mostly on weekends. This have been my "learning to use a chiesel and scrapers" project.
It's much nicer to work without that router noise.
I have heard many different opinions about birch as a tonewood, it's cheap and grows on trees here where I live, so I wanted to try it myself.