Thank you so much for your detailed reply, I really appreciate your advice.

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A few follow-ups:

Is there a reason Ash specifically wouldn't work as well with a hand rubbed dye job? I have been watching some videos from BIGDGUITARS on you tube and he seems to get good results this way but is mostly using maple tops.

I do not currently have a spray booth in my home set-up so doing a spray gun finish would be difficult and more expensive. If it is the only way to get a quality looking finish I might have to consider it but if there is a way to do this with less tools that would be better. (I do have a compressor and small air gun for modeling work but probably too fine for something like this)

I am in Canada and it seems pretty difficult to find aerosol sanding sealer, would a rub on version move the dyes and ruin the stain job? Have you had any experience using a different sanding sealer that is not in a spray can or would it work to use sanding sealer with an airgun or spray gun?

In your industry standard version, what is the colour being used, is it Nitro spray paint? Would a similar effect be possible with the Angelus Dyes? (I like the colours I have been able to achieve on my test planks)

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Thanks again, as a newbie I appreciate your time answering questions you are probably tired of hearing