Mike Sandells
Begin
Not really, the beginning, just the point at which I started taking photos.
By this point the body has been sanded, grain-filled, and I've drilled the hole for the bridge earthing wire.
The body is paulownia, and it's very soft (easily marked with a fingernail), so the prep stages involved a lot of caution. There are a few places where I marked it, but luckily they're almost all under the scratchplate.
As with the strat, this is mounted on some spare wood such that it can be clamped, but still be rotated during spraying to get best possible access, especially in the cutaways.
Begin
Not really, the beginning, just the point at which I started taking photos.
By this point the body has been sanded, grain-filled, and I've drilled the hole for the bridge earthing wire.
The body is paulownia, and it's very soft (easily marked with a fingernail), so the prep stages involved a lot of caution. There are a few places where I marked it, but luckily they're almost all under the scratchplate.
As with the strat, this is mounted on some spare wood such that it can be clamped, but still be rotated during spraying to get best possible access, especially in the cutaways.