Thanks. it's kinda one of those things where the project takes you where it wants to. I was keen on a grey/black stain look, intending it to be a cooler tone than the warm tone it turned into, but I embraced it and moved on. I also experimented with a hand-applied burst, so the edges were stained darker at that point. When I sanded back the aborted burst idea, I left the edges stained. Then, when re-staining the rest of the body, I reapplied stain to the edges, which gives it that final effect.