@tony - thanks for the kind words . @stan - thanks for the vote for off-white plastics!
We will see how the aged cream looks when it arrives I guess (fingers crossed).

A question to the group. I was planning to spray acrylic clear coats on this bad boy instead of using naughty oil. Another option would be DT clear coats. I want to use something that is going to get deep in there and pop the grain as much as possible. TO is really good at that, but I can't use it for this guitar as it turns the blue dye green.

What is the concensus out there? What is the best grain popping clear finish out there?
I would really appreciate your thoughts!

cheers,
Gav.