Hey Barry!
I’m pretty certain that it was just painted over the original finish. The artist didn’t even remove the hardware before going Picasso on it.
The real problem in my mind is based on the headstock finish, this is one of those open grain oil finish. And since I am no longer able to see the open grain means that Picasso went thick on the paint to fill the open pours….
Don’t think that I will be able to remove the paint without stripping the original …
It’s a delema… couldsdnd it to Corsair but afraid he might paint it butter yellow like others he did !!!
Might just keep on painting the bloody thing. Got a real good deal on it…