Refinish a Fender

[Joe Milo]

Fellas,

I have 2010 MIM Fender Deluxe in blizzard pearl. I would like to change the color of the bass to candy tangerine.. Is it absolutely necessary to strip the bass down to bare wood before I do any refinishing work or can I just sand the existing finish so the primer has some thing to grab on to?

[Musiclogic]

You can sand the existing color to 320 and not have to us primer, just shoot the color over the roughed finish