Building another one.

[whd1952]

I finished my clone of a Rickenbacker 320. Turned out awesome!
Now I am in the final stages of completing a ES-335. I have painted it Powder Pearl White. I replaced the tuners with gold GOTOH tuners, gold pickups (Alnico 5) Gold bridge and tailpiece. Output jack and the 3 way toggle are switchcraft.
I have painted the binding gold and the headstock is trimmed in gold. I will probably do 5 coats of Nitro then wet sand and buff.
The install of the wiring harness will be the hardest through the F holes. Any suggestions on how to do that?
I will post pictures upon completion.

[TEETERFAN]

On the wiring, solder up everything outside, allowing adequate wire length so things can reach their proper holes A-OK.
The ground wire typically runs from the treble-side tailpiece bushing (for stop-bar models) or the trapeze tailpiece mount near the strap button. This wire is soldered to the back of one of the control pots (usually the bridge volume or neck volume pot), linking the strings and bridge to the common ground of the output jack. So ya gotta do that and pull the pot end out the f hole so you can solder it to the uninstalled pot.
Now the “ship in a bottle” part. Basically you feed something through the soundboard hole and out the f-hole, attaching to the specific item on the end. Use fish tank airline or surgical tubing. The tubing should be small enough to fit through the pot holes but snug enough to grip the pot shafts. I use a bunch so I can set up and pull most things at the same time. Challenging stuff.