Starting up my second build, received the wood just recently. The build consists of a two piece narra body core, with bookmatched spalted maple top and back. The shape was inspired by another build on this forum (link). The set neck is also narra with a 3x3 angled headstock, 25" scale length and ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays. The fretboard will be bound with bloodwood veneer. Black Hipshot Grip-Lock tuners, ebony knobs (2 x volume, 1 x tone), 3-way pickup switch, killswitch, black Gotoh Tune-o-matic bridge, through body strings, and Seymour Duncan Blackouts pickups round out the rest.
The wood being used, minus the fretboard (pending arrival):
Spalted maple top and back respectively, yet to be stabilized:
Narra body blank:
Pickups:
Two bookmatched options for the spalted top:
Wood as they stand now, body blank joined, headstock cut, and MDF template:
Anyone have any tips for stabilizing the spalted maple? I've started stabilizing the back part of one of the halves of the back with CA, it looks like I'll have to get used to the stabilizing making the spalted areas a lot darker. I'm I supposed to apply the stabilizer to the whole piece of wood, or just the spalted areas? It looks like the colour change from the stabilizer sill be too visible to use on specific areas only. The spalted maple I'm using isn't too soft, but looks like it'll still require significant stabilizing.