Esquire-esque

[Trevor Davies]

I'm now wondering if I should stain the face of the headstock the same as the body...to highlight the "batwing" against the backside outline of a "fat Tele headstock" shape.....

+1 for a contrast from the headstock and the contoured batwing. There are lots of headstock examples with stain contrasted with natural sections online, and they look great.

In my last st-1 build I did a dark painted contour section against the coloured headstock. Check out:
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...l=1#post228524