Hey there everyone, just thought i'd pop in and say hi. First and foremost, I am a hack at best when playing the guitar (there's only three chords yeah?). Anyways, good thing this isn't for me, my beautiful lady will be the recipient of what I hope is a great surprise present. I have opted for the epiphone model - ES-1.

I hope people don't mind several noobesque questions as I haven't had much experience painting wood (excepting fences and the like - nothing a savvy as a guitar!).

Anyways, I'll trawl the forums and look for some tips and tricks (great news is she loves white guitars so that's hopefully a good thing).