Okay, who the HELL did this refinish?

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Sandblast it.
Maybe a sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) media blast would be a little gentler.
I've seen guys use that for stripping paint off cars, when they didn't want to damage the metal.
 
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I vote for setting it on fire. You could only improve the looks that way. Plus then you'd have an "Ash" body. :D
 
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AceMan is all over this.

Get an orbital sander and take that down to expose different layers of paint, all the way back to bare wood. It will take you 2 hours, tops, and it will be pretty awesome no matter what you find underneath.

You might need to take all of the tar layer off, though.
 
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WOW! That truly is i-n-s-a-n-e...

Good luck and get the heat pad ready for your arms! Post the pic when you get it all off.
 
Re: Okay, who the HELL did this refinish?

AceMan is all over this.

Get an orbital sander and take that down to expose different layers of paint, all the way back to bare wood. It will take you 2 hours, tops, and it will be pretty awesome no matter what you find underneath.

You might need to take all of the tar layer off, though.

It's the top few layers that are giving me all the trouble, chemicals work best for them. I'd just be gumming up any sanding pads if I tried sanding it. Once I get it down to the stock finish, I'll see if there's any damage on that before I go further.

I might go with the heavy strippers today rather than the slow and steady acetone. :D
 
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Dude that's amazing and hillarious!!! Finally though the guitar is in good hands. You will make this thing look so good, and there's an epic horror story of years of paint torture....

If someone messed with it so much, it must sound good.... Maybe it's a magical body?
 
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Anglegrinder...

I'll admit that I was tempted to get a wire wheel for my polisher and have at it, but then I realized that I'd just have all that paint glop all over the place.. and I'm renting here. ;)
 
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I have to say I have never seen anything like that. That's just nuts. I'm actually looking forward to seeing how it ends up. Oh, and I shared this on my blog. Too funny not to.
 
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Wow I've never seen anything as nasty as that,I hope you get that squared away and post pictures of it properly redone. I can see how pissed you were when you got it and when you got started on it,sick :mad:
 
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