Spent about 5 hours sanding this morning

First stain coat's on the back and sides. Looking sorta how I wanted, I'll see how a second coat goes. It's Feast Watson Japan Black, and their walnut stain darkened significantly on the second coat of the j bass. Darker would be nice.



I'm in two minds about the top now. Plan was originally a more dilute black stain to make a "transparent" kinda finish. Now I'm thinking about either a deep red or even a light-medium wood colour.



(still slightly damp from being wiped down of timbermate dust)