cool, Thank for the hints....im gonna hit my local hobby shop.... i just recently got a digital camera and ill get some pics either good or bad...when i get it painted....im really having fun with this...I.got the guitar for only 60 bucks plenty of fret, with a floyd rose on it grover tuners...pickups are not too bad...it was really bad with caked on paint on the neck....that dryed into folds. and stuff it was horrible...i should have taken some pictures before...it looks a ton better even with just the wood....its and alder body with not much grain...if it had nice grain...i would thought about staining...but since its plain....ill go for paint....some kid had sticker of some band cradle of crap or filth or something.....that i quickly took off.....this guitar was a 1985 model....from the serial....