Yeah, it's a pretty cool piece, I like the little mountain shape in the middle. I'm leaning toward keeping more of the tighter dark grain, but still having trouble deciding. I'll take a pic and post it when I finally figure it out
Forgive my lo res image and slap dash outlining/Perspective correction, but I think it would look amazing as below (providing this is the body shape it is used for):
At this point in the ash/walnut build I'm just sanding a lot, so there's not really much to photograph. Here's a few little things I can show:
I've gone and installed machine screw inserts for the pickup mounting points, made a walnut backplate from the remainder of top material, and painted the control cavity with shielding paint.