I am refinishing my Washburn MG-52. This is my first attempt at doing any work on a guitar besides the basics setup, changing strings, etc. My plan is to strip this guitar down to bare wood and repaint, new pickups, pots, tuners, and pickguard.

I started today using a heat gun and a 2" scraper to remove the paint. This went fairly easily though it was time consuming, about 4 hours to complete. After removing all of the paint I sanded the entire body with 200 sand paper. Also, filled a couple of nicks with wood filler.