I am really stumped with this one.

I have seen a number of other builds with veneers that did not go well. I am seriously considering just laying on heaps of spray polyurethane and sanding it level.

Now that accounts for the front, but the back is an issue.

The body is three piece Mahogany. I have been tossing up sanding up the grades to 180 grit...then pore filling with mahogany timber mate...and then I have no idea what to do or where to go.

Well, not no idea....but no clear plan.

I have not had a good result with trying a burst....hard to get the colours of water based or alcohol based stains to smoothly transition between each shade.

I have drifted of late towards the use of the Prooftint range from Feast Watson. I have a number of shades of this stuff with me.

One idea was to just run a darker colour around the edge of the body and just over onto the flat of the back. I was thinking the Japan Brown shade for that. Then to leave the middle section natural.

Then to use my go to finish of late, of Feast Watson Fine Buffing Oil...applied with steel wool for at least one coat. (I have had some issues with the steel wool stripping colour out.). Then a few more coats applied with cloth.

Then let the Body hang for about two weeks and then a number of coats of Gillies Cabinetmakers Wax buffed to a satin finish.

Another option I had thought about was to lay out a colour wheel style of pattern to use the different colours of stain I have on hand in a wagon wheel style pattern on the back of the body.

Or, to just stain the whole back of the body with the Brown colour....and then seal with a finish of choice....maybe the spray Polyurethane all over the body.

I really don’t know what to do. Any ideas will be happily received. 😎

I will do the neck tomorrow....sand to 180....timber mate for some grain grabbing...then sand to 240. Depending on rear of body finish....may follow up the neck with the back of the body colour.

But I do like the satin feel of the buffing oil and wax finish. So I think the neck will be oil and wax.

Of well time for some rest. Please drop in some ideas.

Thank you all in anticipation.