Finally finished my Cel Shaded guitar!

Hey guys, thought you all would enjoy this one. Yes I know this will be a marmite guitar for people but I absolutely love how it turned out, I can't wait to gig it and blow some drunk minds lol! I saw 1 or 2 on reddit in the past so props to them for the idea. Final product pictures at the start and pictures as I was going through the process too.

This is my HEAVILY modified Yamaha ERG 121 I got given for free by a friend of mine. Everything was completely done by hand and I did not use any power tools at all. I didn't really have much need for it and I didn't like a few things about it so I decided to change it.

I started off by hand sanding the finish and paint off of the body of the guitar (this took absolutely ages and there was very fine dust EVERYWHERE. I sanded, prepped and painted the guitar purple using rattle cans, I then came up with designs on paper for the plastics of the guitar, I cut these out by hand with a coping saw from 3mm white acrylic sheet. I never liked the layout of Strat pick-guards and being custom made, I was able to place the components where I wanted which makes playing a lot more comfortable to play.

Electronics wise I opted for a Humbucker pulled from an Epi LP, and two single coils from Fleor. I wanted the versatility of having a proper humbucker for rock and roll, and the single coils for that Strat funk tone. I put in 1 tone and 1 volume as I never used the second tone on Strats anyway so it was a good space saver.

Next was to cel shade it! I used a variety of Posca paint pens and just went at it, covered the whole guitar head to toe in cartoon goodness! I then used a matte poly finish to cover everything with, this helps A LOT with the cartoon effect as it makes everything look ridiculously flat. The pictures here don't do it justice, it looks absolutely mental in person.

I'm glad I did this project as I really enjoyed it and I think it just looks sick!

Let me know your thoughts!!!