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My vision of how I would shoot this is somewhat different from yours, so please excuse me if I'm overstepping my bounds by proposing something that would alter your concept and what you're trying to achieve.
The shaft of the guitar from the middle of the photo to the left edge is mostly in darkness and plays little role in your photo. There are some highlights at the left edge, but that area is out of focus and indistinct. So it's only the right half of the photo that the viewer is focusing on. That is the area that you have drawn our eye to, and that's because it's the brightest and has the sharpest focus and has the most interesting features. So it's almost as if you could crop out the left 1/5 of the photo and lose little. The lettering on the top edge of the guitar also interests me, but is hard to read as you've shot the guitar almost face up. My eye keeps wanting to look down onto the top edge. Also, the strings play little role in your composition, even though functionally and aesthetically they are a major component of the guitar.
So in my vision, I would recompose and rotate the guitar more toward the viewer to better see the flat edge of the top. In addition, that would show the strings leading from the right edge all the way to the left edge in your photo given that you accompanied them with some interesting lighting. It would create a leading line "highway" running from the right edge all the way to the left edge. You'd also see the unique lettering on the top edge from a better viewpoint giving the guitar more personality. Last, this rotated angle would give you a better feel for the organic shape of the guitar shaft.
Again, I hope you don't mind me making these suggestions. Just some conceptual aspects I was thinking about.
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