I don't plan on stripping it entirely, the finish on the back and sides is really decent, the picture actually looks worse than it is. Odd duck it is, it's basswood with a thin birch laminate on the top, no idea why. There's a couple deeper pits where the birch chipped out, I'm just gonna fill them, they're not very deep. If I was going to totally refinish it I would do exactly what you said, take that birch of entirely. I'd probably even slap a maple cap on it. It's always a fallback option.



is this custom,i cant find a vendetta with a single??Dean Vendetta with Blackout (one volume and kill switch)
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Here's an Epi Jr I got recently after selling a couple of spare pickups - added some Wilkinson Imperial tuners and a Rio Muy Grande pickup - this has a push/pull coil tap - and it has a Leo Quan bridge with fine tuners - Gretsch volume/tone knobs Mark Cerlock wired it up for me. This is a big sounding guitar with plenty of burning treble!
