I’ve sort of learned to put my own guitar together and learned to do full setups, before I can even play. Slightly weird way to do things but I wanted to get to know the workings of the guitar to make it better to play. This is my first full restoration from a crappy £25 guitar, which was in a right mess. I’d recommend this to anyone…it’s a great learning process and all the info is on youtube 
Upgraded with new electronics, Alnico V pickups and machine heads. Refinished in metallic blue.
Well done I am might impressed that you managed to cover very dark colour with such a nice blue paint. I am wondering if you needed to scrape the old paint off first to the wood or just sanded it and covered in blue?
Just sanded it enough to key it well and then sprayed with grey primer, followed by colour and then clear lacquer. Plenty of info on youtube. I used spray cans from Halfords.
Thanks for info I find this DIY guitar revamps very interesting and if only time allowed me to look into this more in depth I would be jumping on it straight away. Btw how much time in total it all took you more or less?
Well I’m retired so I took my time…took 3-4 weeks due to letting paint and clear coat dry.
That is sweet Dave a job well done. Silk purses and sows ears spring to mid.
Happy New Old Guitar Day !
Well done, and a great learning experience as well! 
Pretty dang cool, sir! I dig the color. Working on guitars is a perfectly fine gateway drug into the hobby. Leo Fender never played guitar,
OMG that’s awesome!
That looks great! Nice job!
