Finish question. Help, please.

Hey guys, I'm in the finish stages of my first scratch build. It's a set neck, and I'm finishing it as a complete instrument, instead of finishing the neck and body seperately. I used a couple of coats of shellac, followed by a white base coat. I plan to follow that with a color coat. I plan to paint the neck and body the same color. I've already got a white base coat. My question is this: If I follow the coat of white with a color coat, when I remove the masking tape to apply clear coats(I'll remask the fretboard closer to the edges of the frets, as I like to clearcoat the sides of the fretboard) will I see a white line on the edge of the neck where the color coat (which is over the base coat) meets the fretboard? Also ,suggestions to avoid this requested. Thanks a lot.

Only a suggestion but one option would be to remask after the white coat and allow a very small margin so the next colour will overlap the white. You might want to feather the white edge where it meets the fretboard before remasking.

Thanks For the reply, LuvN Guitars. Sounds like a plan.