My old roommate left his guitar for me when he moved out. I sanded it down and sketched the design on. I wanted to really fill the guitar and use the shape of the body. The fumes were terrible! I wore goggles and a heavy duty mask. It took probably 20 hours spread over a week and a half. The strings were really old so when I put the new strings on of course it sounded 10 times better! This is what I really what I want to get into, I have several designs for electric guitars! This is my flag ship, I regifted it back to that roommate and he LOVED it!