Background

Here are some pics of what I'm starting with.  The first is the blank guitar body that I'll be carving.  I didn't shape it, I bought it on ebay like this about 5 or 6 years ago.  It is a Fender Strat replica but I'm not sure what kind of wood it is or how easy it will be to carve up.

The next is a picture of the original design that I was going to try to carve.  This design was much simpler than what I am going to do now.  I wasn't too crazy about it.

And finally, this is the design that I'm actually going to attempt to carve.  As you can see it is much more complex with a lot of depth.  The design was done by my buddy Chris (aka Beef, aka C-Fresh).