Thanks @boo!
Yes, it’s somewhere between a lemon or a Tigers eye burst. My wife jokingly (I hope) called it a Bert burst, as in Bert and Ernie, but what starts as a joke ..

Thankfully, flying the neck went well and I now have a new guitar if sorts. I practiced staining on an off cut off the top and really enjoyed the process on the actual guitar. It’s not 100% what I was…   Read more»

@nsj I was trying to go deeper than my router wanted to and I think the chuck released the bit and through it went! I may have sworn a bit. I would have considered a patch if I’d had any…   Read more»

Well, I started giving updates of this build so I’m going to continue….! I’ve I managed to get all the binding glue out, fretting went well and no issues under cutting the fretwire for the binding. Decisions on the fly…   Read more»