Looks gorgeous, Dennise.
And there you go again, taunting and teasing me with that see view 
Thanks @RobDickinson, canāt wait to finish it and play it.
Sorry @DavidP. Itās Australia Day here in Aus so I thought it fitting to have a beach shot.
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Wow what a transformation, it looks stunning. As does the beach.
That is looking lovely Dennise. How much longer before you are done, do you think?
What a great view from your apartment.
Thanks @TheMadman_tobyjenner and yes a great day for the beach today. 
@SgtColon I found that they sent me 4 right hand tuner pegs and 2 left so contacted the shop I got it from and they have sent another left. Today was a public holiday so hopefully it will come tomorrow and I can finish it and start the setup, so should be ready to play in a couple of days. 
Yes very lucky to look at this view every day.
@dennise Arrggghhh isnāt it horrible having to wait for things when you want to get something finished? Nice, I canāt wait to hear it. 
@dennise that looks gorgeous! I wanted to put mine together and make sure it worked and was playable first so I did that last weekend (pictures and audio demo at NGD: Solo DIY kit - #36 by mari ). Now Iām going to take it apart, finish it, and put it back together again! Iām going to be doing the finishing at a friendās woodworking shop so thatās on hold for a while due to the number of Covid cases. Iāll leave it together for now so itās playable, until we pick some dates for the finishing work.
A couple of questions for you if you donāt mind - Did you sand / paint / paint again / seal? Did you spray paint or hand paint? And finally, did you use shielding paint or shielding tape?
I am looking forward to the final pics and an audio clip!! 
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So I spent quite some time thinking about the finish and had a picture in my mind as to what it would look like. I got my husband to cut some guitar shapes out of ply wood to practice on. Unfortunately I couldnā't get it to come out even close to what I had in mind. I decided to wrap the guitar in a car vinyl wrap (you can actually by guitar wraps). Iām really happy with the finish, so to answer your questions, no I didnāt paint so no need to do any shielding. 
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That looks amazing, also Iām insanely jealous of the background that youāve got - Iāve got this item on my bucket list of being a Beach bum 
Looking forward to hearing your new guitar when itās finished 
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Wrapping the guitar is an interesting idea. I did a wrap on my drone and that was a bit tricky even though all the pieces were pre-cut. The body of my DIY is flat though so it shouldnāt be too difficult, I would think your guitar would have been more complicated to wrap. I see from a quick search as well that you can get a custom wrap, so maybe that will be the way to go. Thanks for the info!
Wow thatās gorgeous Dennise.
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That looks awesome Dennise! It looked burgundy in the first picture. Did you change the wrap? Or is it the lighting and the angle changing the colour? Either way this finished one looks really great!! It looks like youāre playing it , too, plugged in and with a tuner clipped on. Iāll be waiting for an audio or video demo!
(I went and looked at the first picture again, and now I can see the colour!)
Thanks @mari . No havenāt changed wrap itās brown called walnut, so just lighting. Yes have been having a play - lots of knobs and switches. I donāt really touch the ones on my electric yet so not sure what Iām doing. I have a jam buddy coming over soon so maybe she will have some idea. The switch definitely changes the sound, but Iām a little lost.
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Thatās one beautiful guitar. Looks like you did a great job, Dennise !
Iād be surprised if you didnāt really know after building it, but I presume the switch selects neck/bridge humbucker (or both in the centre), with a volume & tone control for each.
Now how to make good use of them is beyond me too 
Yes that is correct @brianlarsen. Just thought there may be a magic setting that would make me sound awesome.
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That is one sweet looking guitar Dennise. How nice to play something you have made.
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