excess glue on the flame maple veneer?

worth a try Tony good tip mate.

The main thing WR is be very careful these caps are only about 0.6mm thick so it might take a few goes to get the stain to soak in these areas.

Thanks heaps guys for all your comments....ill give those couple of things ago....and let you know how it goes

no worries WR, I found the wire brushes the most effective. You have to be patient so it may take a few goes but worth not sanding/brushing through the cap. The factory is very inconsistent with glue so its a lucky dip. I've had some glue free caps and some have had as much as your kit.

good advice here, but if you have no luck, you could do a central racing stripe...

So how do we all think it looks now....

steps I took were
1-rub with steel wool from supermarket
2-rough up with wire brush
3-test with dye
4-repeat steps until dye takes to wood, I new I was getting close as I could see the tiger stripes starting to join
5-slightly sanded back til smooth being carful not to go through the veneer

thanks everyone for your comments

sanding to get rid of them is definitely wrong and steelwool works awsome....
im sure it would save alot of beginners from sanding through

thanks again everyone

Nailed it!

Thanks DB im so glad I didnt try sanding it

ill start a build project soon

Steelwool worked awsome for it....

Well done WR, this wasn't an easy job and it looks 100% better now.
Good stuff the build can continue

Thanks it my first guitar build aswell