I made a solid lacewood 7 string and it was nice. Worked well for the lower strings. Made it "crisper" sounding. It was heavy! It had a tight pattern to it.
His frets have more radius to them towards the outside of the neck ("E" strings) and he also has shims under the middle saddles of the trem to accomodate the radius of the neck.
If you line the container with a plastic trash bag, then poke a hole in the bottom when done, shouldn't the paint stick to the bag as the water drains out?
www.namm.com.
You can visit your favorite web site and if they attended NAMM, they may have pics up, too
It's been in Anaheim for the last couple of years. I think they have a 4 year deal?
OK, here is a page of pics of various things from NAMM
Pic file size are large to small, from left to right. Beware if you are a dial-up user
NAMM PICS