I am currently working on my first build ever, the TB-4 bass with a basswood body. After doing a lot of research, I decided to go with Wudtone's Azure Lagoon stain. Yesterday I applied my first coat of stain to the body, which was a deep color coat. I have attached a couple pictures after I was done (I apologize for the sub-par pictures, my camera and lighting leave a lot to be desired, so please bear with me). It seems to have gone pretty well, the coat is mostly even, but I will lightly sand back with high grade steel wool before starting on another coat. My question though, is you can see on the left side of the body that there is a stripe that did not absorb as much stain as the rest of the body. Does this seem like a sanding issue, or is it possible that strip of wood won't absorb stain as well as the rest of the body? If it is a sanding issue, is it safe to sand back the deep color coat, or should just that area be sanded and apply more of the deep base coat?
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