Yeah, I've decided to stay away from hide glue. While it's forgiving and easy to undo, it also is more temperamental than Tite Bond.
I've been going toward less messing with the finishes on my vintage basses. I decided not to do anything to my 67 Coronado and my 68 Mosrite Celebrity bodies. I just polished them up and left the nicks and dings. I did redo the back of the Coronado neck, it was a total mess of huge cracks and finish falling off and exposing wood. That's when I usually dive in, if there's a large portion of wood showing. Otherwise, I'm appreciating the vintage look more and more these days.
I guess I could have left the NR TB in my avatar as it came to me. That would have been interesting!!!!!!!!