so... ran some 50grit paper length ways along the body to open up the grain and make some scratches,the covered it all in a slurry of timermate ebony. Sanded that back and hit the whole lot with some Walnut timber stain. This showed up a few glue spots but I'm not worried as this in the base coat, there will be lots of stuff going on over the top and they will get covered over. Leaving this to fully dry out (its oil based) before starting to age it up with water based stuff. There is a method to my madness as the oil based stuff will stop the water based stuff soaking in too much but in areas which I lightly sand it will open up. Trust me ...I'm a Doktor.