Thought I'd post some more pics along the way, for the benefit of any other newbies who may want to try this. I have no idea how this is going to turn out!
Please let me know if you see me doing anything stupid!
(besides the obvious act of stripping a perfectly good guitar
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Did the bondo-ing last night, and block sanded it smooth today. The screw holes (the original BaCH PG, TRC, tuners, and tailpiece) filled nicely, as did the couple of spots on the lower bout - were some factory filler had come out during stripping.
I tackled the pore filling this afternoon:
...wiping it on against the grain, using my fingers to work it in:
Man I can see where this would get tedious doing a whole guitar made of maho!
Here it is after the first coat, with the excess wiped off:
I'm going out now to apply the second coat, and leave it sit overnight.