Catching up

So I finally got the camera back from Lou yesterday when he dropped off the pickup for his Shitar Deluxe.  I routed out the area for it to drop in, and drilled out the holes for the pots and output jack.  This morning I drilled the tuner holes and put on the first coat of polyurethane.  Here's where I'm at now:

The slight tint in the lacquer really made the center pop out with a gorgeous golden tone.  These pics don't do it justice.  The sides took the stain in a way that kinda makes it look like a dark rosewood:

And here is the slotted headstock, which needs a tiny bit of cleaning up.

Hope to be finished by Monday or Tuesday, so stay tuned for finished pics.