Well...I had a minor black stain disaster, so while I was correcting it, I sanded back a bit to tone back the black a touch:
Which gave me this:
A bit more subtle, but actually, the pic doesn't truly capture the intensity...it's still pretty dark in person.
I then did four coats of sanding sealer on the back, and four coats of clear gloss lacquer on the front to seal, and sanded lightly with 400 grit to level...smoother than a baby's butt.
Then I taped it off and applied four coats of black gloss on the back and got this result:
Came out pretty clean. I can see one spot where I need to clean up some black that got past the tape (Frog Tape is good stuff). Now moving on to clear for the entire guitar...8-10-12 coats? As many as I can get out of these three can's I think...surprised by the result...I actually sprayed this on my front porch. Had one tiny, fairly flat-ish run that I'm hoping will disappear with the clear (can barely see it), but there is one spot inside one cutaway that I don't know if it's going to fill...we'll see...
The end grain on the maple isn't quite what I wish it was...too saturated with stain and dark...it's picking up a weird reflection here that makes it look brown, but it's really burgundy-ish...I'll just have to live with it...
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