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I have been using Hellsman urethane.
I went to a Sherman Willians paint store and they gave me a couple ounces of yellow tint and the same for red.
I care fully mixed them until I got a shade I could live with. I had to stir like crazy because the tint was really sticky and did not dissolve easily in the urethane. Don't add the entire amount of tint but just a little will do.

I applied it to a few pieces of spruce scrap until I was happy. I like using Urethane and when it sets up it continues to turn even more amber and produces a very hard finish.

It's just another way of getting the amber color you like.
The more yellow and red you add the deeper the color gets.

Good Luck,

walter

Cool, Walter! We'll be looking forward to seeing it on a guitar.

Was that standard powdered paint tint Walter?

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Thanks for the tip Walter, i do have a can of urethane here, i might change my mind and go this route after practicing on scrap first.