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It's all in the lighting - specifically, having a "light tent". There are lots of DIY light tent instructions available via Google if you want to try to reproduce the effect -

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Just FYI, while I agree that it is all in the lighting, as of March of 2011, iFixit did not use a light tent. I don't work there anymore, but when I did, most of iFixit's lighting equipment could be bought from Home Depot. I thought there was a blog article on the setup, but I can't seem to find it.

I believe that it's in this combination guide:

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-A-Guitar-String/718/1

It looks like "Use two lamps on the object, one on each side." is the recommended lighting scheme. A light tent would certainly be an asset.

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