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That guy is preparing the wood before he put it in the CNC machine.
I see. the wood needs some preparation
He makes the wood smooth and ready for the coloring section
It's not working right now... but
This is a laser machine
It engraves woods like this
Here is a handmade section. Mr. Yuyama a Japanese man works here.
Hello, nice to meet you
He is making a guitar for Prince
Do you know Prince?
Yes, I do. We play some Prince songs too.
which song? Purple rain?
We play 1999 this season
Do you have the Prince guitar somewhere?
(I'm taking her picture )
Thank you for showing us the guitar
I'm hiding it
Look at this. Isn't it interesting?
The craftsman made this guitar for fun. It's all made of woods.
This is the coloring/painting section
We dry colored guitars here
That one is handmade
We didn't use CNC
They are already colored, but we put another color on them
Do you wear that clothes?
yes
Hi Nikki, please say "Hi" to Tommy...
Is the stripe pattern wood grain?
so all the guitars are colored here...
This is our temporary wax
We pot pickups with wax to avoid feedback
I thought somebody is having a hotpot party
This is the polishing room
Hi Nikki Sixx!
What do you do here?
We have recording or sampling here
This is my office
This is a place where Shige-san is working
We hang guitars that we've finished making on the wall
those are polished ones.
Oh there is your name!
Is that your exclusive machine?
No, someone put my name plate there for no reason.
Thank you for taking us to the factory tour, Shige san
You are welcome
I wish we had more time
I hope we can join the factory tour again