Finished Guitar:

I decided to build this guitar because I am a fan of James Hetfield and I like the explorer guitar shape. I had also seen some videos online of people making their own guitar and was intrigued.

The neck and body of the guitar were sourced from a kit (comes disassembled) and are made of zebrawood with pearl inlays. The pickups that were originally in the guitar came included with the body and neck, but I later swapped these for EMG pickups.

Although the guitar came from a kit, I did all the wiring/electronics, fitted the hardware and did the assembly myself.

Images from the assembly of the guitar:

Sanding the neck and body

Gluing the neck onto the body:

Installing the hardware: