the pictures didn't came out as good and it doesn't show the birds eye very well...but I can assure you that the birds eye came out really good , you'll be surprise how nice this guitar is gonna look once finished , I will take some pictures outside on a sunny day once it's finish, i'm almost done with the undercarriage and I will post some new pics in a few days.I'm gonna get in trouble for this, but Pat, I was surprised you did it this way. I was thinking, stain it first, then put the inlay in. But there was lovely grain in that maple, and the stain seems to hide it
here we have lots of birds eye maples and sometimes I even use it as firewood for my stovebirdseye maple is super rare over here in UK
i found there was too much contrast leaving the inlay natural...the inlays are stained lighter then the rest of the guitar to give it alittle contrast, like i said the pictures doesn't do it justice .I was thinking, stain it first, then put the inlay in