You could just sand the surrounding area down to bare wood. Then some wood putty and then refinish the area.
It's on the back side of the body, correct? Since you would be the only one who sees it, another option could be to leave it alone. [emoji6]
And sugar. My wife and I watched a movie last weekend called Fed Up. It's basically about how sugar can be 15 times more addictive than cocaine. And how the food industry gets away with what it's doing.
You may also want to check the neck pocket depth. I have a Saga strat and according to Fender the pocket depth should only be .62", or 5/8" if you use just a standard tape measure. Sadly, mine is .78", just a little over 3/4" deep. So it looks like I'm gonna be using some veneer to bring it up...
I would think you get better sustain from the vintage design. If you use logic, six screws help to make better contact with the body than two screws connecting the bridge to the body. Therefore, better energy transfer. Therefore, more sustain.
Oops, I didn't see Mark's post. You can delete...
I'm doing the local Y as well. I've been doing the Body Pump (weightlifting) and Turbo Kick (kickboxing) classes. I've done Turbo for about 8 months and Pump for about 6. I'm still right around 200 lbs, but I can tell you that I haven't felt this good physically since high school. Doesn't hurt...
I've only heard a few of his albums so I guess I can't give that good of an assessment of him. But I do really like the album he did with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes; Question And Answer. I wish he did stuff like that all the time.
I ran into the same thing with 335's. I never thought much of them until I started listening to more and more jazz. Now I would just love to get my mitts on one.
I was in a class with a girl who was a sophomore when I was a senior. Back then she was hot. And I looked at pics of her now and she's even hotter. We didn't talk much let alone date (curse my self esteem issues back then). But it's funny what time can do.