Finished Guitar:

I decided to build this guitar because I am a fan of James Hetfield and liked the explorer shape, and 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 (unassembled) 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, fitting of the hardware, assembly etc as shown below.

Images from the assembly of the guitar:

Sanding the neck and body

Gluing the neck onto the body:

Installing the hardware: