Cheers guys, I'm thinking about smoothing out the bottom horn, the more i look at it the more i'm tempted to chang it a bit like you say...
The top curl will be a challenge and i'm trying to get hold of some info on violins etc at the minute...
as for the hardware, i'm seriously considering a vibrato but i'm looking at a bigsby of a bit of style if you know what i mean, and i'm only going to have two or three pots, no switch, and have one of the pots blend between the two humbuckers.... (1 = bridge, 10 = neck and then blending in between)
As for the finish, i'm pretty set on the finish being a trans-blue, so it could end up with a flame top but i've gotta think about that as its all about the cash.....
Any more input??