Thanks for the comments, I'm happy with it. The undercoat is a black sandable primer, followed by several coats of semi-gloss polyurethane with 2 final coats of the same clear coat that goes on your car. The "inlay" is an applique only because I was more concerned with creating the box than I was on asthetics for this one. My next box will have more asthetics to it for sure and will have real inlay. The corners ARE MITRED !!! The buttons are the same that Randy and Jr. Martin use, 1/2 chrome button which is glued and screwed to the rockers.