Hey Ho Let's Go!!

It's on again. My MKA-2 arrived today and she's a beaut. The ash body is quite dark, with a subtle grain running top to bottom. The neck is nice with quite a bit of grain to be seen here as well.

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I bought a tremelo and roller bridge the other day for another build, but would really like to use them here. Trouble is, the post holes for the stop tailpiece aren't quite covered by the tremolo. I can easily fill them with dowel, but the fix is going to show. I wanted to stain this bad boy (tobacco burst) so now I'm in a quandary.

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Is there anything I can do? Maybe I need another tremolo (eg. bigsby with adapter)? Any suggestions greatly received.

cheers,
Gav.