Will this work? Re-finishing a jazz

[ficalini]

I have a black MIM 2008 Fender Deluxe Active Jazz that I'd like to sand down and re-finish to make natural and maybe do some mods.

My question is, would this work or would should I expect to find unpleasant wood (knots, multiple pieces glued together, wood filler, etc) and if anyone's done this, how did it work out?

Basically I want to make my black jazz look like this

 

[Evil Undead]

If the wood is nicely matched and there aren't any blemishes, then it would be do-able. I personally wouldn't want a natural bass that wasn't a one piece body (which this is unlikely to be) but each to their own

 

[ficalini]

I personally wouldn't want a natural bass that wasn't a one piece body (which this is unlikely to be) but each to their own

I wouldn't mind if the split went right up the middle

 

[SurferJoe46]

If the body isn't a Rorschach pattern, then you'll be fine if you really know what you're doing.

Of course, it depends on your artistic and symmetrical-aspect concepts.

I wouldn't do it.