It's not perfect, but it still looks really cool. In the end I dowsed it with quite a lot more clear coat than I normally do. In total it was nearly 4 cans of spray.
Having been a long-time player of vintage Gibsons, Fenders and Custom-Shop guitars I feel I have enough experience of a so-called "Real" guitar to know what a good one feels and plays like.
Something I have wanted to do for quite a long time is to build my own guitar, ultimately I'd love to actually make the neck and body from scratch, but maybe that'll be possible another time.