Wahooo, The body came today! It looks incredible front, back and on the edges. Marty priority mailed it Saturday. From NY to OK over the weekend is impressive.
I also got another set of Keystones that I had been waiting, they came today as well. I am a little disappointed that the neck pickup is not the new covered version like had requested and had been waiting on. None the less they are a set of Keystones and are awesome pickups. I'm pretty set on using a chrome neck pickup and plan to go with a blackguard or one of my tooled leather PG's.
Now I'm not sure what pickups to try. I have a set of Tonerider Vintage Plus in my MIM that I like real well, they are just good classic Tele pups. I love the low noise, higher output and the overall tone of the keystones and I wonder what comes close to them with a covered neck pup. Any suggestions here?
I'll post some pics of the grain pattern tonight and see if I can get any finish suggestions.
This is the Bee's wax finish I did on my last Pinecaster.
The finish has gotten richer and deeper in the last few months. It has gotten a few more coats of wax and has had allot more bare hand rubbing.
I hope to get some more great input from all of you.
Ciao!