Here's my entry. It's my first ever build and I think it turned out OK. An ES-1F finished in 2K clearcoat with a combination of black & blue fabric dyes and green food colouring underneath! Let's see how the colours hold up. Should be OK because of the UV protection in 2K clearcoat. I opted for the gold hardware, bone nut and Grover locking tuners.

I'm not sure if you can ever say a self-build guitar is ever truly "finished" but it's finished for now. Looks OK and plays OK. The Law of Diminishing Returns certainly came into play on this! I'd say the final 20% to about 80% of the time. One thing I can say for sure is that you really don't save money by building your own. I could have bought a very nice finished guitar for less, but that's not the point. It gave me something to do for a couple of months on & off, I have the guitar I want and I have the feeling of achievement that the thing actually works and sounds good. Now I just have to be learn how to play it properly!

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