Should I or shouldn't I?

[Mr Graphic]

I absolutely love this guitar...it plays/sounds KILLER!!! I dig the colors used in the graphic, but the boy/girls? face, and to a lesser extent, the two skull guys gotta' go. Now, underneath the paint is a 22 year old one-piece mahogany body waiting to see the light. Should I strip this paintjob?

[Boxcar Willie 84]

Yes!

[gtrbuyer]

yes

[El_Kabong]

IMO the graphic looks like HR Giger for pre-teen girls.

[ripley156]

personally, I don't mind that graphic...

I have seen a lot of mahogany bodies, but that graphic is original.

I would like to vote against good sense and say "leave it"

[dg]

IMO the graphic looks like HR Giger for pre-teen girls.

Exactly!
It's just not dark enough or "Giger" enough. It was done with some skill, but you shouldn't feel bad about stripping it, imo.

[donvandam]

no

[DenimBrigade]

Paint it black.

[MetalMedal II]

If it's just the faces that are bothersome, some well-placed stickers should take care of, especially since you like the rest of the graphic.

[SEEGERMANY]

I'd leave it the way it is. At some point if you scratch it, gouge it, or whatever, then you could refinish it.

[fuel0707]

What about selling it and then getting something you'd prefer? I'm not a fan of that graphic (looks like bad Japanese anime trying to be spooky) but if it's an original graphic, maybe you could get some extra money on that basis and then buy or build something you'd like better.

Just another thought.

[toejam]

I'd leave it the way it is. At some point if you scratch it, gouge it, or whatever, then you could refinish it.

I agree.

[Mr Graphic]

I'm hearing the "Leave it be", but that freakin' face and those two Emmy award skull guys just ruin it for me. I don't want to seperate the neck/body...it plays/feels too good, so it's either leave it, or strip it. I don't want to sell it, and get something else, cause it KILLS as a player. I'm thinking about that gorgeous mahogany with a nice thin lacquer finish. Hmmm...

[XSSIVE]

strip it!!!

-Mike

[jtr]

Leave it!!