Looks like I got all the sealer off, or at least 99% of it. I got the 1st coat of black stain on and sanded back. Looks like the headstock has some light flame, not gonna match but that's cool. Have some more sanding to do on the bottom strap button edge, inner horn edges, and bottom of the back. The end grain seems like it soaked up more and it's a bitch to sand back. But I got some pretty good streaking. Looks better in person than on the pics. Anyhow, next I'm gonna stain brown and sand back. Except I'm going to do less sand back than the black. Got to figure out how strong to make the brown. Dark, medium, or light? What you guys think?