Since the body came back from the finish wizard last week John and I have been going back and forth on bridge, fingerboard and headstock overlay selections.
We ended up with a Brazilian RW trio.
With so many other things going on with the body, top and bevel we wanted to keep things simple and elegant. The fingerboard was always to be very dark and we were transfixed on the idea of a jet black fingerboard - no nonsense pure business. But in an A/B comparison I gravitated towards an overall-dark-with-a-slight-tinge-of-brown look to soften it a little. The bridge will also darken up dramatically to match the fingerboard. As for the headstock overlay ... let’s just say it was over the moment I clicked on that email.
Neck work is going on furiously and I expect John to update with some pics soon-ish.