It worked! I scraped and sanded it, and it's looking fine. I'll drop fill another 2 low spots, but now I know that the method actually works, so no worries. Still sanding, but I've decided on ther color scheme, and found a place pretty near me, 5 min drive, that can scan the sample picture and the material to be dyed and mix the exact match of stain. I'll try waterbased for the first time, we'll see how it goes.
Our Souls, I'm attempting a a five piece batch, that's 2 necks down and 3 more to go I'm teaching a friend to install frets on that one.
Workingman, thanks! Please post some pics of the restoration!