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Tough finishing Q

tfarny

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I have this really really nice tele: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=13310.0
Though now of course it has no middle pup and a SD mini hum in the neck. What, you thought I'd leave a guitar alone? If I don't mess with them, I'll have to learn to play them...

But the finish that I loved at the time - it was just what I wanted, a homemade hippy look - now, I hate it. it's just amber shellac, zinsser wipe-on, and a bit of wax. No grain fill, which is the problem. Now the grain has god shellac and wax in it.
I would like it to look like a "normal" nitro or poly finish. What are the experts' thoughts on how they would strip and refinish this particular axe? I love the body, the grain, and the sound of it.
 
Denatured alcohol will teach that shellac and wax both a lesson they won't soon forget. I think it's only about $6-$8 per quart at Lowe's.
 
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