Gettin' Naked ;)

After 5 hours of sanding (beer break included) this is what you get.

As you can see the cavities were left untouched and the neck pocket still needed work.

The relative darker brown spots on the guitar is the veneer and the lighter spots are Cedro, which is spainish ceder. Im going to continue to sand it with 100 grit to get rid of most of the veneer as i might just stain the back and paint the front so i'd like for the ceder to come through. Unlike higher end guitars such as a typical Gibson Les Paul standard for example, which uses an actual piece of flame maple as a top, on the body which is glued/pressed & sealed under lacquer, this jackson has a veneer which is just a thin piece of wood that is typically used for small ornamental project, fine furniture and paneling. The difference is in the tone of the finished product. A real maple top resonates more then a veneer and it adds a lot of weight and sustain to the guitar.

Below you can see the wood fillers and epoxy both sanded flush to the body. When its finished you wont be able to tell that this guitar was ever routed as a Single/Single/Humbucker super-strat.

just keep strumming,

-Anthony

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