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Well, I finally finished the orange ES175 Psychobilly beast today. It came out pretty damn nice all told. I made a couple of schoolboy erro...

Today I received the hardware for my ES175 build. The excitement is really building now - you can see how this beast is going to come toget...

The ES175 is coming along nicely. During the last few weeks I have been applying successive thin coats of Tru-Oil to all surfaces. After 12...

The 335 is finally finished. All agree that the Colortone Amber stain + Tru-oil looks spectacular, as does my choice of tailpiece and GFS S...

Finally got to installing the wiring harness on my 12 string 335 today, and let me tell you it was a mammoth effort. Anyone who has tried t...

With the 335 12 string all but completed, I now feel justified in starting the other kit that I ordered from RM Olson Guitars ( www.rmolso...

Great progress today - i *finally* got the polishing finished on my 335 12 string, and I also managed to shield the pickup cavities ready t...

I got the wiring harness for the 335 wired up today based on the "Vintage 50s Wiring" scheme used by Gibson in the (unsurprisingl...

My hardware arrived for the 335 build today; pickups, solid metal humbucker mounting rings, and a trapeze tailpiece all in beautiful shiny ...

So, I'm 6 coats of Tru-Oil in and the guitar body and neck are really starting to look nice. The Tru-Oil has darkened the vintage ambe...

With the guitar top, back and sides now dyed using ColorTone Vintage Amber dye, the second phase of finishing can now start in earnest. Thi...

Ok, so no more sanding - the body and headstock remain sanded to 360 grit, and that's how they will stay for the conceivable future. I ...

So, being the ever enthusiastic, noob guitar finisher that I am, I almost ruined my 335 project before it even got started. I've been a...

After much research and much agonizing, my first semi-hollow body guitar kit arrived today from RM Olsen Guitars . The 12-string 335 kit la...