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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on May 15, 2013 at 5:05am

I just peel off anything that looks like it will come loose, and leave the rest of it.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 15, 2013 at 7:08am

Goo Gone. Sandpaper. Dremel sander wheel. Lighter fluid. An old razor blade. Take it all off.

Or leave it all on. It won't matter, unless you truly have ears that can actually hear the Abbey Road studio air conditioners at the end of A Day In The Life.

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Permalink Reply by Jose Cruise on May 15, 2013 at 9:42am

I can barely hear the edit in Strawberry Fields Forever, so I guess I'll be fine with leaving the paper on!

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Permalink Reply by Daddy D on May 15, 2013 at 8:22pm

If you want the paper off, sand it with rough paper for about 20 seconds. Then wet it and scrape it off with a razor blade. Comes right off. Start to finish, you'll be done in less than five minutes.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Trappes on May 16, 2013 at 12:28pm

Well  I take it off. To my mind it is sound absorbing, so I remove it.....carefully.

The inside label if removed carefully & intact can be kept as a spare label for a box with a damaged label on the lid

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Permalink Reply by Hippy Chip on May 17, 2013 at 11:32am

I never peel off any paper labels inside or out except where I need to glue in neck mounts. If I don't like the looks or the sound of a box---I don't get it! 

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on May 18, 2013 at 10:11am

I like to take it off if I can w/o too much trouble. I always will take out any of the velvet like stuff no matter what a pain it is. Hard surfaces are good, fuzzy ones, no thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Penny Nelson on May 20, 2013 at 7:32pm

Just get a blow drier or heat gun much easier just heat it and the paper will come straight off. Anything that impacts the resonance of the soundboard is gone on my builds. 

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Permalink Reply by Clarky on May 20, 2013 at 11:42pm

I don't remove it, I've not really noticed the difference in sound between it being there and not.

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Permalink Reply by robert gate on May 23, 2013 at 5:49am

Well  I take it off

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Permalink Reply by Wade on May 23, 2013 at 2:43pm

If you want to improve tone - you could try these steps.  This is what I've done:

1. strip the paper off as mentioned with sandpaper- water and then scrape off.

2. thin the top so it vibrates more freely using a sander

3.I like to apply some salt water to really dry out the wood. Not sure what it does, but it seems to open the wood top up.

4. Lastly, that is a lot of work. If you are amplifying your guitar, ignore steps 1-4 and go directly to cranking the amp up to 10 and jamming out!

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on May 23, 2013 at 11:35pm

if glueing it is best to remove the paper otherwise it could weaken the bond, but should hardly affect the sound i leave the paper on the outsides (-:

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