By Brian Calvert

Of course the first thing you need to do is completely strip your guitars body and headstock of any finish and fill that is visible		Using a standard Heat Gun for removing paint you can darken any area that shows promising figure in your wood
Pick up a quart of Minwax #33 Green Bayou water based stain Clear Base and color codes 107-9 103-24 102-39 113-5		Time to stain of course and for this I recommend using a damp sponge since you will have much better control over your stain.
	Use fine sandpaper for smoothing out the raised grain between coats

So your asking yourself why the "Green Bayou" when this is a BSB tutorial, well the guitar pictured above on the left is an actual BSB where the one pictured above on the right is the tutorial body drying, you tell me =o) (hint I had the color computer analyzed at the paint store) Be sure to even out the color as much as possible and don't sweat it if the stain will not take or is light in area's. For spots such as that just hit the body with your heat gun to hide the problem!

Before you assemble your guitar back together it would be a good idea to give it a top coat with "Artist Matte" clear, I used Krylon brand. This will dull any area's that appear shiny and also help preserve the stain from rubbing off on you later.