But I could find only two things that stood out. Surprised One was the aforementioned "missing" hole for the whammy bar....I need to research, but maybe some Strats don't have whammies, I'm not sure.

The other thing was the reflection of the sheet on the guitar. In particular, those just under the tone knobs. It seems like they don't match the width of the stripes they are reflecting. As for those under the pick guard, I don't even feel qualified to say what a reflection on that surface should look like.

So, if you're still reading this and aren't pissed off at me, please tell me how you did the fabric (the shadow layer under the fabric). Did you just grab a brush and start painting in shadows and highlights, or did you use some other trick you have hidden away somewhere?

I hope this didn't offend you or anything, it seems you just struck a note with me (I've been playing guitar for about 12 years now).

I don't get offended. Thanks for the input.
I do freelance for another artist friend of mine. Most people
hate working with him because he is always finding something
wrong with their art work. He is waaaayyyy too picky and sounds very condescending when he tells you to fix something.
Not on purpose. He is actually a very nice guy. That is exactly the
reason I like to work with him. He makes me see things I never noticed before. He makes me improve myself every time I work with him. When I first started working with him, I would do the image and then send it to him. He would call me up and you could hear the heavy sigh in his voice. It made you want to crawl in a hole. Then he would give you a huge list of corrections but he would not just say, please fix this and that. Instead he would say "why would you ever do this?" and "don't you know better than that" You would want to reach through the phone and strangle him. After years of working with him, he always comes to me first with jobs and when he calls me back it is "this is awesome" or "your amazing" quickly followed by "but" He will never change and I don't want him to. He bought me an ipod with "thanks for all the great artwork" etched on the back.
If people could just drop the egos and listen, they would all learn something.
Thanks again,
Rey

The morale is : I will never ever make a guitar in PS
Simply because my ego couldn't go lower than it is and I'm sure I'll have tons of errors

Now that's what Rey is talkin about. Chop the guitar and learn from the mistakes. You'll never be able to chop a guitar if you don't chop a guitar! Kinda like learning to play a guitar. You'll suck at first but with enough practice pretty soon you'll be able to play.

Hear Hear!

Cheers,
the Queen of Updates

Some people said they won't update because they will lose their place in line. Some others simply refuse to admit they could use some help.

Here is the guitar with a whammy bar.
http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/161324/display.html?nocache=1
New Layered File http://www.zshare.net/download/69887077b02bcf79/

Ok, Cool! Now insert a naked chick tuning it!!

Coming right up!