Quote Originally Posted by Alkay View Post
I would like to get rid of that "U' shape I have created again on the body.

So any suggestions? Or should I just "...run to the hills"
Are you referring to just the dark strip through the middle?

As it appears in above shots it will end up looking very antique and afraid that colour stain used on the pine may be a bit too dark.

Saw on another thread a while back where a guy did some crazy wood distressed look using lemon juice and maybe vinegar which leeched a lot of colour out of the timber and that might just help in drawing some of that dark bit out of the middle. Best to test this on scrap first.

Only other options are very light wire brush or sanding, where sanding would be the absolute last resort due to micro thin spalted cap.

By the way, lovely bit of spalt on the headstock.