A friend of mine had the "Masterpiece" version of that guitar about 20 years ago - to this day it's one of the best guitars I've ever played (seriously)
Someone ended up stealing it from him :( (wasn't me!)
It was just like this except transparent wine red...
Posted this earlier in your TGF thread but I'll post it here too
I did it on a dot Warmoth ebony fingerboard with Fiebing's black leather dye to get it even blacker
Didn't do anything special preparation-wise aside from deliberately trying to avoid the dots; came out great
As I recall the...