Sell it for really cheap to a fellow forumite. Tis the only honorable thing to do.
I've been offered some pretty good cash for it as is, and although it's just a normal UV green dot - it's the only one in the world that has genuine leaves laminated and sealed onto it. Take that, Jem floral. There's no way in hell id sell this for cheap.
I'd say just strip it for right now, let it go through customs, then you can do whatever with it when you finally are in Norway. You'd have a lot more time to think of finish options rather than rushing into it. So that way if you really like the idea of the veneer/stain, you'd have time to pull it off.
:yoda: And this has been the wisest advice given so far, thanks. I'm probably going to do this.
Black and green swirl would be glorious indeed.
Yeah, that would look pretty badass, I might keep that in mind...
PLEASE DO NOT STRIP THAT!
It's the most awesome paint job EVER! If you have to do anything, just paint over it so it's still there just covered up.
Ah. I had already thought of doing the cover-up route, and was going to just cover the whole body in black duct tape, and then restring it, a la Korn, but it would look horrible. And then i would always have to keep on constantly explaining "yes they're real, please don't pick at that, they're under 10 coats of poly, no you can't smoke or get high off it, they came from a legal hemp rope plantation actually"...blah blah ad nauseum. Most who see it in person think it's really like a work of art, but as much as I love it and think it's a real shame to strip it (it was a bitch of a job to do), I'm getting pretty tired of saying that stuff repeatedly.
Alternately, trade Marten for an LACS or something
He's got handful of nice lacs 8's (and wait til you see his new pointy one), and we chuckled about that, but still....there's Customs, and it would REALLY suck to have it confiscated in one shot forever.
1 - Go to a cool shop and buy a bunch of black bumper stickers. Cover it in those.
2 - Stop smoking weed, it's bad for you.
1. Because it would not only look like some teenage punk monstrosity, but because I would still have the same problem as I was explaining earlier.
2. Seriously? Thanks for the advice Matt, it was really helpful. Come on man
