Hey BD, ha ha yeah I flip flopped on this one. I've gone ebony timbermate and black stump. I'm looking for a black and grainy finish. Maybe satin instead of gloss....we will see
I did what you want to do on my ash tele and found that the walnut timbermate went better (just my pref) with the colourless after testing it on scrap. It looks killer and was soooo worth it.