I'm in the leave it alone camp. When do we get to play this one?

Hey, Steve. Well, you certainly received a lot of others' opinions on what they thought of the match, but not much advice on how to rectify your situation. If what really matters is that you don't like the color/shade mismatch, I'd suggest two options. First of all, you might contact people who do finishing for a living--Addam Stark, Joe White--and see if they'd be willing to advise you on a method to get a better match. Secondly, you might just finish it as is and see if you can live with the result. As one person suggested, the Z-poxy could get you a closer match. Now, one nice aspect about a bolt on neck, is that it's easily removed. So, if you really don't like the contrast, you have the option of making a new neck of lighter mahogany and saving the present neck for a future guitar say, with a darker body (rosewood or such). It would delay your end product, but then again, you're the person who has to look at this instrument every day. If you don't like it why settle? And that's just one more person's opinion.

By the way, my favorite supplier of high quality mahogany neck stock is Guitar Wood Experts in Lake Oswego, OR. They have a great selection of varying shades. Contact either Mike or Alan, and I can almost guarantee they'll have what you need.

The new polywhey Luthiers Blend? Vermont Coatings...?

I'm curious how the end grain in the heel matches the body now under finish. Do you have a shot of that?

Why do you think the two being a different color is a problem? They are rarely the same color. The woods are often not the same mahogany and certainly not cut from the same tree. In fact oodles of guitars have their necks color paste pore filled or stained, none of which I am of fan.

But all of this to say ... it is perfectly acceptable to have them be different colors. Now if you are bent sent on wanting them identical ... then that's a different story.

Filippo