Made a jig with a solid spine 

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

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

First mock up before final assembly

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

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 feeding everything through a pup hole 

The head inlay is sterling silver from 1.5 mm sheet, 

All strung up tuned well and holds tune very well, intonation was trouble free, 

I have to say I very pleased with the result

The final result

Action is very good I think

In the sunlight the sparkle in the paint stands out 

In the sunlight the sparkle in the paint stands out 

That old front door looks pretty good!

The old fence in the background is looking a bit nervous ....

😉

Then comes the paint, had some Ferrari burgundy pearl metallic lying around

Brave man!

I usually get my Ferraris resprayed at a specialist body shop.

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 

Hey this is excellent, it looks amazing. Well done but don’t forget to lock the front door at night! 

@mezy Stunning. Not much more to say....

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 was well impressed, 

Sounds amazing too, cant load vidio as file size is too big 

Sounds amazing too, cant load vidio as file size is too big 

Edit to a clip and try that (use a copy so you keep the ordinal vid intact) 

Sounds amazing too, cant load vidio as file size is too big 

Or reduce the video quality (saving at lower res really reduces the file size), or just upload a sound clip.

That's a good idea actually - we all post loads of *pics* of our guitars, rarely do we post any sound/video clips.