Wild Quilt body in; change in plans?

Wound up ordering an SD Jazz PU to stick in mid between the Rio Grande TX BBQ set; have what is hopefully the last fill in the korina; hope the weather holds this weekend so I can finish some lacquer coats.....
 
Now this is TRULY weird, but everything about this build has been so far... 

Did the last fill on the korina, first re-applying the Tandy Medium Brown dye, as the korina being real waxy won't absorb dye very deep
Sanded back to #320
Touched up edge in a couple of places with more dye
Shot a coat of sanding sealer...

It turned RED in places?????????? WTF????
 
:-\ Shit man!
But FWIW: When you get a troubled road to do something, at least you learn more than with a easy-ride!
 
wow... I NEVER had the Tandy Dye ever turn color on me.  Good God man, it must be some ethereal message!
 
Managed to get lacquer coats on ahead of the rain; the more I look at this I'm beginning to think it's turned out too dark to use the Pau Ferro/Ebony neck and I should get a sharp one piece birdeye or flame maple neck for this build and save the Pau Ferro neck for another build?

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Thanks, but what do you think about the neck? Think it's going to look too dark with that finish? Here's the pics again:

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I don't think so, I think it will match amazing!
Only the chrome/nickel hardware that I think would looks better with gold ones
 
The guitar looks great!  You could've gone darker if you wanted to.  I think I want that neck wood for my next build.  It's gorgeous.  :guitaristgif:

Shane-O
 
You'd have to call Warmoth, they have Pau Ferro fretboards available, but it's been a while since I saw a Pau Ferro neck on the Showcase; I scored the neck on a deal from eBay. One note; Pau Ferro makes for a neck that is noticibly heavier than most any other wood choice I've worked with before....
 
As Eric have said good things of Purpleheart, I bought a lumber of it...
Well way heavier than mahogany...  :-\
 
NonsenseTele said:
As Eric have said good things of Purpleheart, I bought a lumber of it...
Well way heavier than mahogany...  :-\
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You bought a tree???  A lumber??  What are you going to do with it?

Purpleheart does tend to be pretty dense.  Mahogany can vary in weight quite a bit.

-Eric.
 
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