That's why I asked the question. I wasn't sure if the black edges would be the way to go or if I could pull off a blue transparent to blue solid kinda burst.
I got the idea off of the "poor man's burst" tutorial on the project guitar site this forum is attached to. It suggested various shades to use as a undercoat or base for the burst and then use the transparent to color the white to the shade of blue I desired. Reranch does have a packaged(read: in a can) blue translucsient.
As for the black grain stain, I was planning on incorperating that to put the contrast in the grain, to really make it pop out.
Thanks for the input. Its nice to be able to bounce ideas off of experienced people before I waste materials and time stripping a body back down.
The Avatar is nice, Wes. And there was no offence taken, Nordic.