@deej i am in the middle of designing my next build and have designed it around this idea, i have even toyed with the idea of veneering the pick up wi...

Just a suggestion, and you can tell me to begger off i wont mind, Why not make the pick up cavity in the back of the guitar same as a pot cavity bu...

Thanks guys for the great comments, I took it to my local music centre to get one of the guys there to try it out, I'm only a bit of a strummer, he...

that was why i suggested taking it to a small body shop, one i worked at would paint anything, from rc model air planes to hand made gun buts, I li...

Never tried rattle cans, I used to be in body shops so used to the 2k clear. If you have a small body repair place near to you they may be willing t...

the zero fret does not need to be bigger than the other frets, if you think about it, if a bigger fret was needed then the first fret would need to ...

I use car two pack clear, needs to be sprayed on but have known people to use a roller, a good fine flat and polish

That's what I used to do, the paint was left over from a 1948 Ford F1 pick up I restored. Just loved the colour, Thanks for the comments

Looking forward to it, I work stupid oclock shifts but will make an effort when i am days off Thank you

In the sunlight the sparkle in the paint stands out  20200520_095602.jpg

Action is very good I think  15976614106292634351721149592137.jpg

The final result  15976612704478941178491090012404.jpg

All strung up tuned well and holds tune very well, intonation was trouble free, I have to say I very pleased with the result  20200817_11005...

The head inlay is sterling silver from 1.5 mm sheet,  es335-32.jpg

Final assembly, all the clever bits went in, twice, due to a dodgy pot, learnedca valuable lesson, test before fitting. Hollow bodies are a pain feedi...

Then comes the paint, had some Ferrari burgundy pearl metallic lying around so that was sprayed on and lacquered  20200505_133143.jpg

First mock up before final assembly  es335-11.jpg

Made the neck from a laminate of four lengths, the fretboard I scavenged from an old guitar but changed the marker dots  es335-16.jpg

Carved the top and bottom out of joined up panels, I went for the es 335 shape but arched the top more like a violin shape  es335-9.jpg

Made a jig with a solid spine  es335-2.jpg