September '09

Artwork stage fully finished. Just awaiting the final finish. Check the photos below to see the guitar to date.

This Gordon Smith is undergoing an all out custom paintjob. A tribute to all time classic film 'Star Wars; Episode IV, A New Hope'

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Follow the photos down the page to watch the project from start to finish. Be sure to check back regular as painting progress will really start to get moving now the guitar is fully prepped. Sign up for the "Inkyhollow news letter" to make sure you are kept up to date on this guitar.

Very rough headstock so far. Needs a lot of neatening up and 'A New Hope' writing but you get the general idea.

Pretty much fully done, minus a few touch ups.

LightSaber handle nearly finished.

Not a great photo but you can just about see the finished handle and how far the light extaneds up the neck. This amatuer photo doesn't do the blue paint justice. It looks a lot better in person.

A tribute to the destruction of the Death Star when luke photon blasts the exhaust port. All the messy areas will be blacked out during the spraying and clearcoating stages.

So that's it for the painting stages. Stay tuned for some much better photos of the finished item.