For some reason I wanted this a stained purple color for the body and leave the maple neck/fretboard with just some truOil on it. This vision has been in my head for the past few weeks and told my wife if it doesn't go away I'm buying it. Skeptical about how it will turn out since it's a basswood body which has some pretty boring wood grain. If it all goes to crap, I'll get some Duplicolor rattle cans and go metallic purple on it. I'll probably change the pickguard, strings, and pickups at a minimum without even opening the box yet. So, I've got some neutral stain, some pigments (purple, black, and white), and some shielding paint coming apart from the kit. It was only a little over $200 so we'll see how this turns out. I'm debating whether to post the build journey in a new thread...