Recent content by iBurley

Dang, it looks like if I go for a roasted body I'll be getting some sort of solid paint job. I appreciate all of the examples, and I'm very glad I asked! Thanks all.

For some reason the content filter isn't letting me reply, but I did see that one. My hope is that roasted alder comes out lighter than roasted swamp ash, because that's way darker than the mahogany example.

I'm looking to build a hardtail Strat-style guitar and I'm somewhat set on honey burst with parchment plastics, but I'd really like to go for roasted alder. My only concern is potentially how dark it would come out. I'm not opposed to a slightly darker guitar, looking at the example photo of...