Another Frankenstein coming

[lowend1]

A couple of years back, I purchased a raw SX "P" style body and black block "J" neck from Rondo Music. I am just now getting around to turning them into something more useful than dust collectors. My plan at the moment is to load it with a pair of HK Thunderbird pickups, but nothing is set in stone. As usual, there won't be any really big money being spent on finishes, but I may opt to have the body hydro-dipped if I can find a pattern I really like. Rattle canning it may be an option, but not likely. Same with a stain of some sort, but the grain is really not that attractive, so...
I'm open to ideas and advice about anything on this, especially if anybody has done a similar project.
As it sits now:

[Pilgrim]

I kinda like that grain. Not spectacular, but nice.  It would be a candidate for some stain and clear lacquer top coats.

[drbassman]

For simplicity, you could stain it, rub on some Danish Oil and it would look pretty nice.

[lowend1]

For simplicity, you could stain it, rub on some Danish Oil and it would look pretty nice.

That was my thought, too. Gotta find the right color stain, though.
Simplicity is always nice.

[Dave W]

Hit it with a couple of coats of Rust-Oleum 1919830

[lowend1]

Hit it with a couple of coats of Rust-Oleum 1919830

It's a bass, Dave, not a duck blind!

[dadagoboi]

Shoe Polish.

[drbassman]

A nice wood wax is nice too.

[lowend1]

A nice wood wax is nice too.

Oh Doc, its you - I thought it was Mark posting!!!

[drbassman]

Oh Doc, its you - I thought it was Mark posting!!!

Keeps the friction down!   

[Dave W]

It's a bass, Dave, not a duck blind!

Take it into the blind with you. The ducks won't see a thing. 

Here's an example of that color, from a recent thread at TDPRI.

[lowend1]

Looks good on that guitar - there is so much going on there hardware-wise that a muted color works.

[Dave W]

Looks good on that guitar - there is so much going on there hardware-wise that a muted color works.

You do plan on adding lots of chrome, don't you? 

[lowend1]

You do plan on adding lots of chrome, don't you? 

Isn't that a condition of membership here?

[Highlander]

Three darts... the rattle-can list from your local supplier... works for me...