Thanks, Simon - point taken re. h/b, and I'll have a look at the P-Rails, though this will be a budget instrument... sort-of!

Like the flashing lights idea; have actually looked into that once or twice...

Ideas on a finish, lads?? I'm clean out of ideas and the only thing I could come up with for this was sort sort of Paisley... *sigh* here's a quick mash-up of what I'm after...



I'm wondering, too, if a standard 5 way will give me the pickup combinations without resorting to pull pots or mini switches??