An aged body!

After all the holes were drilled, I did a lot more sanding of the body and neck, and made up my mind to give the body and neck an aged look, as described in my post Just thinking... An aged body?.

This was the body and the neck before the treatment:

In the first step, I "painted" the body with some strong black tea that I had prepared earlier, then let it dry. Fortunately, the weather was fantastic over the past two days, so that I could do all of the next steps outside.
This was the result shortly after having applied the tea, while still wet:

...and this was the body once it had dried a bit - it actually got lighter with a slightly more grey color:

Once the tea had dried completely, I then went ahead and took the steel wool vinegar mix that I had prepared a couple of days earlier. (The vinegar still looked completely transparent, so I wasn't too sure if this would work.)
Immediately after I applied it, the wood turned dark, and minute after minute, it got darker and darker yet. (I only applied one single layer in the beginning, then let it sit and dry!)

This was the final result the next morning, after I had let it dry over night:

Whereas the wood had turned much darker than I expected, I was thrilled to see how evenly it had turned dark, with the neck having a very nice and similar color as the body!
Also, the color was already resembling a lot the color that I had planned to try to achieve using oil and wax - I really loved it!

Again, I did some fine sanding, and was set to proceed with the next step.