I've been doing a bit more on my surf machine which started life as a vintage sunburst squier standard. I had previously painted the body and bought a pre-wired pickguard from Axes R Us which is Alnico II with cloth wire etc and vintage off white pickguard PUP covers knobs etc.
I have now refinished the neck by sanding the satin finish on the very white neck and wiping on Osmo amber as recommended by
@Gizmo and @lovestrat74 which I am really pleased with. I couldn't get rid of the stain on the neck which was on there when i bought it from gumtree. It is tinted subtly but enough so it doesn't look too white.
I also have changed the saddles to bent steel. In my haste to make the change I removed the old saddles wihout noting their position. I've battled the tremolo and now need to sort the saddles. I know it should be oughly 3/32 inch for the two e strings, should i follow the same height for the other strings to follow the neck or is there a usual height I should be working to on on a 9.5 radius?
Still other bits to do I will get some vintage tuners in the future and probably a bone nut. But really please with it so far:
https://i.imgur.com/tfXGrGn.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/y8NhK0V.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rYC93LP.jpg
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Put the springs straight in the back too - and you'll probably want three unless you've got unusually light strings on it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
When I set it up previously using two springs let me use my palm for vibrato as I don't like the arm, but I was having trouble keeping it in tune for long sine putting it back together, which is now sorted.