Stripping Guitar :(

MAN!!!!!! I didn't figure it would be hard to do and it ain't but when you have weak Paint Stripper *screams* it is a hassle. I haven't yet got the paint off and am still trying. Tonight or in the morning I'm gonna go to Lowe's and get the strongest stripper they got and hopefully that'll work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. After I'm finished staining it and all I'll post some pics.

what are you tring to do?

I'm stripping the black paint off so I can stain and laquer the wood mainly cause I'm tired of glossy black. I'm beginning to think the black paint was ruining my sound too I mean theres like 4 layers of clear coat wtf! LOL

Some people say the clear coat only effects your sound slightly if at all...true or false?

The finish material and thickness is critical to an acoustic guitar, and essentially meaningless to a heavy solid-body. Everything else is somewhere in between.

I had the same problem - used the strongest paint stripper I could find to get the paint off an old RG. Like you, I wanted a trans finish.

Basically I found that even after the stripper, I had to sand the body back to bare wood, so I might as well have not bothered wasting time with the stripper.

I posted pics of the guitar here if you're interested... I sanded everything but the inside of the horns by hand :eek:

Studies show that tone of an electric guitar is only affected by any material that is applied to a solid wood body over a 1/4 inch thick. This mostly applies to laminate tops such as carved maple tops and other wood laminates... Finish on an acoustic is essentially just for looks. I think most would be able to tell the difference between a thin finished Nitrocellulose finish of the old days and a thick poly lacquer finish of today though. The tonal qualties of the guitars would be the same... However the Nitro finish would be a shade louder.

How does paint make a guitar louder? :confused: