Ok, so i am in the process of planning to build a telecaster.
The guitar goes as follows,
1 1/2 inch African Mahogany body
1/4 flame maple top
Standard tele shape
i want to do just a clear untinted finish on the back and sides. Making the binding natural (think PRS). I thought this would be easy, but when i stain the top i figured that the stain would penetrate into the binding from the top. Making a fuzzy edge in my binding.
What could i do to stop this?
One of my friends said to clear the top, then mix the stain into a clear. Then spray that, then after a couple coats of that, clear over.
The problem with this, i thought would be getting the top to stain evenly.
Would that be a problem?
Has anyone here down this? ANd if you did, what method of finish did you use?