I masked off the top and gave the sides and back a light transparent color coat, then pulled off the masking and gave everything a couple coats of clear.

Easy to assemble, decided to finish with clear coat.

Your not going to be able to stain or dye it as the maple veneer is like 1/16" thick under like 1/4" of some kind of clear coat

After you've finished painting or staining the body and putting a clear coat on it and the

I figured I would do a dry fit and make sure everything worked as it should before I do any of the finishing, and it did!