Alan - you will need to finish the neck in something - the wood needs something to stop it from drying out and a good finish feels nice under your hands. The DingoTone stains go from colourless through to ambers - if you look at guitars on the web, they vary in amberness (new word I know) from natural wood to an almost orangy yellow. Comes down to personal preference - I like natural wood colours, others like Gav like a more amber stain.