paint removal

Hi all! I wanted to share this experience with you. A couple of years ago I purchased an Harley Benton fretless jazz bass (the Jaco copy), and I have been in love with it ever since. However, lately I've been getting more and more bored with the sunburst finish (I am a big fan of natural/stained...

I have a Harley Benton Mb-5, and i want to mod it to the point of basically being an entirely different instrument. However, i suffer from a chronic case of being poor, so i want to spend as little money as possible. My bass has a matte black painted neck, headstock and fretboard, and i want...

Hey all, just purchased a second hand Ibanez EHB1505MS in blue, and I am wanting to remove all the paint and what seems to be dye at the back. Any recommendations for the dye? Hearing conflicting things about using bleach. And the back wasn’t filled so a lot of exposed grain with deep coloring...

Hey all, just purchased a second hand Ibanez EHB1505MS in blue, and I am wanting to remove all the paint and what seems to be dye at the back. Any recommendations for the dye? Hearing conflicting things about using bleach. And the back wasn’t filled so a lot of exposed grain with deep coloring...

I’m aware the cost is $300-$500 typically, but a huge portion of that is labor. I’ve got the time, space, and patience but I’m wondering if anyone here has done there own refinish? How’d it go? Was it worth it or would you have rather paid a pro? This is mostly for fun, the paint would probably...