Then you can consider a plinth made from Panzerholtz compressed wood.
http://www.delignit.de/Delignit/cms/front_content.php?idcat=17&idart=46&changelang=3
Some people consider it as one the best materials for turntable plinths.
Panzerholtz is pretty cool looking, in my opinion, especially for a more modern and slightly industrial look. In fact, I would have used that material if I hadn't gone with slate. However, it sounds like Don may be after a more classic wood look.
The Japanese do "vintage" design like few other cultures, updating revered old objects or design elements in an understated modern way. Shindo does this as well as any designer and their 301 turntable may be the benchmark for this kind of thing. I think it is the company's most intriguing design. The vintage Garrard chassis draws immediate attention, indicating it is a well preserved older record player. The cartridge looks vintage. The design of the tonearm, platter, and weight could pass for vintage. Then you notice their modern matte silver finishes and how they contrast the lovely classic glossy finish wood plinth. Then you might do a double take on that immaculate 301 chassis. Clearly it's a modern table. All of this combines to defy expectations, making the table more mysterious and difficult to categorize. Like my Shindo 604 speakers, the 301 looks like it could have been built in 1935. Then you hear it play music and it reveals another delicate balance, the best of old and new sonics.
Actually, I believe that many people have trouble reconciling the price for Shindo gear with its modified vintage parts and understated aesthetic. However, owning an all Shindo system (minus the 301!), I know that the Shindo aesthetic largely follows function and that the function is to play recorded music in a lovely way.
Forgive me Don, if this strays from your interests. While your audio preferences seem clear enough, and similar to mine, you may not be as interested in this take on product design as I am. I don't know for sure what aesthetic you are after, but thinking about this caused me to augment my (meager) knowledge of Japanese aesthetics. It seems that that several of these philosophies influence Shindo visuals and sonics, suggesting a high degree of integrity between design values (probably stemming from Ken's personal values) and product execution.
Kanso (簡素) Simplicity or elimination of clutter.
Shibui/Shibumi (渋味) Beautiful by being understated, or by being precisely what it was meant to be and not elaborated upon.
Shizen (自然) Naturalness. Absence of pretense or artificiality, full creative intent unforced.
Yugen (幽玄) Profundity or suggestion rather than revelation.
Seijaku (静寂)Tranquility or an energized calm (quite), stillness, solitude.
(taken from http://www.presentationzen.com/pres...eem-quite-foreign-to-most-of-us-is-a-goo.html)
Having re-read the above terms, it kind of sounds like something like a luxury goods maker (handbags, watches, jewelry) might co-opt for a marketing campaign and cram down our throats. I'm so grateful that Shindo expresses its values through it's products and not through marketing. 
