OK - my kid wants to play it, and I need to get back to work, so I'm calling it good enough for now and am doing final install and setup. I still plan on cutting a new scratch plate at some point and installing it, but that can wait a while. I replaced the knobs with chromed ones, replaced the white plastic with black, and put black covers on the pickups. For the single coil I was able to easily replace the white cover with a black one, using the CNC to machine holes to match. For the humbucker I wasn't able to get the white covers off, so the black cover you see is over the whole thing - time will tell how much of an impact that makes.
Redid the back cover. I ended up staying with clear. The tint didn't hold up well around the edges of the engraving, and I like being able to see some of the shiny mechanism in the back. I think if I went with the blackout look, I'd need to go with a sexier shape than a rectangle, but the clear in rectangle works.
A closeup shot of the paint. In the end I like how it turned out and was super cheap compared to the commercial offerings. My only gripe is the clear coat isn't professional quality smooth - After a dozen or so coats I got lazy and called it good enough. It probably could have used another dozen or so coats to build up enough to fill in the divots from the crystals.
Next time it snows I'll try and get some glamor shots of the final product.
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