That's wrong on SO many levels...what's wrong with a sticker, for God's sake. Just because you have the tools, doesn't mean you should use them. Make it go away. Now.
"They make great f***'n basses". - Lemmy, NAMM 2009
I remember when the artist, Doug Rowell, was auctioning this guitar on eBay in October 2001. He insisted that the guitar body was maple and a model 220, while I told him that the pickups, controls, neck, headstock, and bridge/tailpiece indicated that this was a model 430, which had a mahogany body. He told me I was wrong, although the guitar was "surprisingly light for a maple body." I didn't ask him for the serial number, which probably would have settled it.