After 9 coats of Tru-oil, wet sanding between most of them with P2000, I’m calling time on the finish. After levelling the finish, I found I was struggling to get the shine back. After reading online about people using some polishing compounds, I remember I had a Fender polishing kit in the house. After a lot of elbow work and the scratch removing compound (which I’m guessing is just T-Cut in a different form), the body is “done”. It has a lot of little issues, but for a first attempt at using Tru-oil and staining on a guitar I’m happy.
In the test fit, I found:
- The neck pickup screws are too long. Shorter ones ordered from Ebay…..
- The finish has made the pickup selectors hole to small, it needs sanding a touch wider
- The capacitor I used on the tone control is huge and just annoying. It should fit with some bending of the legs
- The strings are never going to align with the pole pieces on the neck pickup – but hey. If it’s a problem I could always get a blade style pickup
Once I’ve fixed these little issues and bought the bridge pickup – maybe a Lindy Fralin P90- the guitar body should be pretty much “done”, bar a bit of soldering.