Connor Gray Art Series Custom Shop Guitar

 

Prep work

 


Out of the box  - time to customize !


Removing strings


Disassembly


How many screws are on this thing ????


Uh-oh. What have I done?


PIckguard and wiring come out


De-soldering wires


"Parts is parts"


Proud demolition man


Sanding body - pretty , huh?


Gotta get ugly before getting pretty again


Ready for spraying

 

Refinishing

 


Spraying first of 15 coats of metallic gray


Closeup of finish


Base coat drying


Spraying one of 25 coats of clear


Wet-sanding


More wet-sanding


More wet-sanding !!!


Removing sanding dust


Drying off


Applying glaze for polishing


Buffing polish into body


Body after polishing

 

Painting pickguard and re-assembling

 


Getting pickguard ready for paint


Nobody sneeze !


Pickguard gets spray


Writing a surprise


"Wolf Custom Shop" authentication


Cleaning frets


Junk on yellow cloth from cleaning frets


Neck goes back on


Bridge realigned


Pickguard re-assembled


Almost a guitar again


Re-soldering wiring


All we need is some strings


Re-stringing


Mad scientist and his "creation"


Ready to be packed and mailed !