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Old 07-20-2016, 10:46 AM
christoph.penny christoph.penny is offline
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I'm thinking of striping the lacquer off the front of my guitar and drawing a Buddhist ohm on then bees waxing the front, is this a good idea or will it affect the sound etc

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Old 07-20-2016, 11:52 AM
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The finish has a definite effect on the tone. Is this a valuable guitar with great tone? Then don't do it. Is it a cheap clunker that kind of sounds crappy anyway? Then who cares...

Instead of stripping the finish ( which is more work than you think) why not just paint some acrylic right on top of it? Once again if this is a valuable guitar you will RUIN the value by doing any of this stuff.
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Old 07-20-2016, 12:43 PM
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From the guitars point of view, it's a bad idea. I believe it could be made to work, but I doubt it would be easy.
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Old 07-20-2016, 02:55 PM
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Cool thanks again saves me a job also

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Old 07-20-2016, 05:20 PM
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Forgot to mention that my guitar is a kimbara, with a dull finish, i was given it, so no money lost other than what I've spent on parts to convert it into a righty from a lefty, if i sand her down to bare wood what would really happen to sound without any lacquer please, she would lye naked,

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Old 07-21-2016, 04:48 AM
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Souldn't change too much. Got nothing to loose, go for it.
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Old 07-21-2016, 05:26 AM
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Souldn't change too much. Got nothing to loose, go for it.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, I might just sand put the ohm on then one coat of lacquer just to give some protection from nature's hand,

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