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I might have enough wudtone for a maple neck too.
I do have the black magic woman kit though, and will have some glossy and (better! Imo) satin top coats, which I'm happy to send your way.
Edit: I have a gold neck plate, screws, and also some other odds and sods, probably a switchcraft jack socket and stuff).
That way, you could start with a fairly cheap kit (such as those in the fretboard challenge) but upgrade a few bits such as saddles, pots etc.
The thought will go a long way, no doubt. And by all accounts, those kits are really quite good for the money!
It's a screw in one, rather than the plain cup, so it doesn't work loose. And looks fabby.
I've dug it out, I also have some tinted and clear neck finish - I'd recommend adding a little tinted to the clear as the tinted is very orangey, so you can mix up a nicer tint in my opinion.
And, obviously, we need a build thread. there are *loads* of great posts in the making and modding - go on that, then look at the fretboard challenge section. In particular, @wezv has a thread with loads of tips on fettling with a basic tool box. Very informative and useful.
I had to buy an extra pot of stain for a Black Magic Woman... which might be helpful depending on how porous the wood is. Basically the stain sinks in to stuff like swamp ash really easily but alder less so iirc.
I might be able to help with pots - as a lefty the tone sounds better with a reverse log pot at 250k - I might have one - if not that can be rigged up with a resistor on some of the lugs... volume (unless your Dad always plays clean) would be a linear pot.
I'll have a look if I've got a 3 way or 5 way switch to add.
Really, you need to find a body so you can measure out the spacing on the bridge, some bridges are longer than the vintage length - so be sure before ordering.
Hope that helps! Contact Andy at wudtone if you want more specific advice. Sand it to 220 grit and it should be fine.
Flamed maple works - there was a recent thread on here where the azure lagoon was used with a flamed sycamore top and it looked great. As an alternative, some folk here like using calligraphy ink which would probably work better for a really intense colour. Look around the making and modding section you could have black back and sides and a coloured veneer on top.
Sperzel locking tuners can be flipped to be lefty... Tone Pros are a good price...
there's not so much of a second hand market but that means that anything selling second hand is priced to move.
For the money you're spending I still think the Squire is the best deal money-wise