Sand, sand, sand

So I finally got all the parts in ( I think) and today I had time to start sanding and prepping the guitar for stain. MAN! That's a long, tedious process. Sanded first with 150 grit sandpaper, then 220 grit, then 400 grit, then 600 grit... tomorrow or Sunday will hit it with 800 grit. After all that sanding the wood will be perfectly smooth. The next step will be to wet the wood with Alcohol to raise the grain so I can smooth it one last time with scotch brite to perfect the surface. Before staining it, i have an old junker guitar neck from another instrument that I'm going to sand down as well and I will practice on it with the stain to make sure I get the color i want. Then and only then will it be time to start adding color! Stay tuned!