Bill, Did you ever try any chemical stripper I have been reading about that working well I wonder if a combo of heat and stripper is best and in which order to try
Does your heat gun have settings for temperature (the one I have does was wondering if you knew what a good one would be) Any do you think I should use a grinder to dull a putty knife or just use a butter knife, by the way thanks for the pics it looks like that is the same guitar, would love if you would send me other pics of your progress