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Yeah, I was pretty happy about how that worked on the test.  So far on the actual body its not worrying quite as well.  The brown dye doesn't seem to be sitting down in the grain as well as on the test.  I think it might be because Warmoth does such a damn good job of sanding.  On that test I...

Did some tests and I think I'm going with something along these lines.  Dark brown water based dye over the whole thing and then sanded down in the center so it accents the grain and gives me a little bit of a burst effect on the edges (I'm not at all going for a perfect burst...more like the...

I think I'm going to try the steel wool/vinegar oxidation on the back to see how my particular piece of wood reacts to it.  If it looks cool I'll do it on the front also and either darken the edges with the tea method or just use a stain to darken the edges.  If I don't like the way it looks...

Me too!  Haha

Thanks Rgand!  I really am leaning hard away from the torching at the moment.  When I came across it I was kind of intrigued because I'd never thought of doing something like that before, but the more I sit with it the less I like the idea.  I'm kind of leaning towards using a dark oil based...

I have a swamp ash '72 P-bass body scheduled to be delivered on Friday (pic attached).  I can't decide how to finish it!  I'm a fan of natural and kind of gnarly looking finishes.  I was originally thinking about using some Odie's Oil and tinting it a bit to do a kind of dirty looking burst...