UPDATE:
finally got around to get my computer working enough to post some pictures so here they are.
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close up of the woodgrain, i think its a rather nice one...
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ive decided to go for a trans red finish on the top with the black racing strips. still deciding on what to paint with the neck. im thinking of keeping it the same colour as the body, a transred with the stripes running along the back? thoughts on that one?. dont know whether i should shape the headstock but i know im going to have the fron face black and he back and sides of the headstock the same colour as the ret of my guitar. that beautiful trans red.
im going to go for the black hardware to match the floyd rose. if the floyd becomes too much of a problem however then ill keep the stock chrome hardware and forget about the FR completely. decisions are a go for the FR so far though!
as for pickups im going to keep them stock for now, only because i dont quite have the moeny to get the pickups i want. not to mention i want 2 different sets of pickups. so with that idea in mind im thinking of putting plugs in my wiring so that the pickups are easier to change. unplug and plug the new ones in. easy to change pickups to suit the sound i want and doesnt involve having to undo any solder. if that idea comes across a little confusing, you will understand a little later down the track when i get to that :)
thats wokka for DBs email address. ill contact him soon :)