a few before shots:

ugh... why???

mmmm Minty

did they ever play it, or did they just paint it?

virtually new

yum!

worth the time to remove that headstock paint, and then some!
as soon as I get her back together today (yes, spikey called in "well" so I have all day to tinker) I will post "after" pics....
took a good 2-3 hours to remove that headstock paint, was clear coated over and hard as glass.
it did eventually come off... and it's all fixed now... thank goodness ESP was using quality clear coat back in the day when they made these for Kramer.