Good save H.
So you used inks? I thought you had used Feast Watson stains. If inks, just give it another wipe with a fairly damp cloth around the neck end to see if that takes a bit more of the black off.
Here is a left field idea.....if you were gonna go translucent black, just ink pad black the whole face, and as it is drying use a dry cloth and rub all over the top trying to soak up as much as possible. 12 - 24 hours later do the same with a 'just damp' but not wringing wet cloth to soak up whatever ink that has not penetrated.
This should help pop the grain and also produce a greyish black wash effect, and if it is somewhere near what you want simply TO top coats and job is done. As always, test on a scrap bit of timber, preferably something with a bit of open grain. Alternatively you could do the same with diluted down Japan Black but I tend to feel that will come out darker than the crazy idea above. That Ash top is too pretty to hide under a very dark colour and a lighter wash might be all you need to accentuate things.
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