Okey Dokey, leapt in with the Ebony timber mate on the ash body and have arrived at this:

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I am not sure if I want to go again to bring out the darker highlights some more, or leave it dirty looking as it is now (which I kind of like).

currently only rubbed down with 240, so still plenty of time to decide if i am going with the black wash, or if I colour things up and leave the neck natural.
Neck also got some reshaping done, in order to thin it down some more, nice and silky now!

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Happily a small opening up of the neck splice got filled and closed by the reuniting of FB and neck, so no longer need to worry about that.