Wow, thank you all for the votes! I must say I did not expect a win given the competition. They are all examples of excellent work and great ideas. I hope to see them resubmitted in the future.
I'll be sure to get some better pictures up soon - especially of the headstock veneer, which was tricky but I'm really glad I did it. It's not without faults, but it sure does look great with the body.
You may recall
this post where I was planning a reverse Warhead styled neck. I did get that neck with the body and ... it just didn't work for me. So, I shelved it for another project, got the Warmoth 3x3 headstock neck you see with the guitar (and deleted the face dots, among a couple other changes) and then decided to do the veneer. First time I've ever done anything like it, and I did it *wrong*, but recovered nicely I think.
I had also planned creme pickup surrounds with zebra open core Fishmans, but since I was doing the veneer and there were no facing dots, the creme trim just didn't go any more, and I blacked it all out and ... you see how it came together.
Thanks again and great work to the other builders!