Cool! Glad you liked it. I think those pickups, with very different characteristics (neck - ceramic magnets, middle - Alnico 2 magnets, bridge - hot wound and Alnico 5 magnet) give it a pretty unusual sound, and a lot of possibilities. I don't really use all those possibilities very often, usually single coil neck alone, neck plus middle and middle plus bridge. Sometimes bridge for distorted sounds. But the neck plus bridge is also nice for that tele sound or funky rhythm guitar.
As for the grain, yeah, I used to love it, but the picture looks much better than in real life. Much duller in real. I think black and that pickguard looks pretty amazing. But the work, man ... I regret I started it. Lots and lots of sanding, I can tell you that. I'm soon done with the color coats, and then I'll move on to the clear layers. Like I said, lots of work, but you learn a lot doing this.
