What's under that?

[Tweed]

Approximately one billion years ago, I decided to sand off the finish of my first electric. I got through a good portion of the back and found an impenetrable red mass under that gloss black. Maybe it's the goo from GHOSTBUSTERS 2. I've been deterred ever since, so now I thought I'd ask the experts and get back at it.

 

[mayfly]

That looks a bit like fullerplast,  a primer/ filler used by fender in the dark years.

Don't bother trying to sand further

 

[jackthehack]

Fender Fullerplast? That looks like the back of a low end Epiphone SG, no telling; might be a defective maroon SG finish that they went back over with black; get some stripper and take it back to the wood...

 

[mayfly]

Says the guy who dragged an agile body behind the pickup truck.

 

[Tonar8352]

The only way to get through that stuff is with a belt sander.

 

[Tweed]

Not Epiphone, it's a cheaper knock-off. Company is Tradition. I've only ever found one webpage for this model.

I might decide to just take off the black and rock out with that undercoat.

 

[jackthehack]

Says the guy who dragged an agile body behind the pickup truck.

Guess I need to find a neck to drag and match that one...