Well, I went to my local lumber supplier looking for some 8/4 Alder and low and behold, it was out of stock. I asked the salesman if he would be willing to give me a discount on some African mahogany instead. I found this stuff and thought "what the heck?"
So anyway, here's what I have so far. Two piece African Mahogany Tele, routed in a hybrid (Super Tele) configuration. I used timbermate dark walnut grain filler, dyed the wood directly with transtint red, hit it with a wash coat of shellac, Deft brush on sander sealer, and two coats of Deft lacquer.
I know a lot of folks don't like dying wood directly but you gotta like the way the grain popped on this one.