b'Opposite page: Paul is sanding the early coats of lacquer whileBottom right; There is more going on here than it might seem. the guitar body is held tight on a vacuum clamp, made out of anIts the very early coats of lacquer, and some unevenness is old drilling machine. We were getting a lot of RSI type injury, andinevitable. Its essential to get everything sorted out before the this sort of device helps a lot. It can be turned and tilted in anyfinal coats go on.direction and leaves both hands free to work.This page: Top:An air powered sander, fitted with very fine abrasive, flatting the final coat of lacquer ready for polishing. We like to have a thin finish, so a tiny bit too much sanding, and we are back to bare wood.A lot of this work can be avoided by using a matt finish, which I regard as a cheap short cut, but we have managed to get the number of lacquer coats down from about fifteen to eleven.Bottom left: There is always masses of hand sanding, its hard work, but needs to be very precise. Some people can never get the knack of stopping just before you go too far.189'