I bought one of these by accident. I was playing Ebay Roulette with comedy offers and the seller accepted. I like it but the whole industrial textured pain thing is not for me. So I am stripping it back to wood (or possibly just primer) and having it done in Metal Flake Blue. With matching headstock, obv. I took it to the local repair bod this morning to strip out the electrics. I know my limits. I was discussing using Nitromors on it and he squirmed a little and said that it dried the wood. He