Guitar finish

Garland,

A few years ago I bought a guitar forgot the make, but for some reason the high gloss neck was very sticky, so got some very fine wet and dry sandpaper, gave it a rubbing, and it worked great, by looking it was hard to tell it had been sanded and no sickyness any more.
Now to answer some of your questions if I may.

Don't understand your reasoning that you, doubt that you could sell your AMI J45 clone.

I like guitars with a Gloss finish, far less prone to staining, and enjoy the looks of my guitars after a good polishing.

In my opinion by removing the gloss paint, it would be pointless, a lot of work, doubt you would notice any noticeable difference in sound, and possibly made your guitar unsaleable.

Derick , blues90 , I did a bit of internet looking after I posted this... it's not as uncommon as I perceived it to be. It is time consuming and a couple of folks recommended against it if one isn't familiar with that type work...I'm not, but I am patient, to a degree and knowledgeable about automotive paint...

I remembered I still have my Eterna by Yamaha, so I looked at it and thought about using it for some practice, though it's finish isn't as glossy as the AMI... sand paper is relatively inexpensive.... I'm a little concerned about it not meeting my expectations and maybe messing up the binding, but, I suspect I will wind up doing it at some point... I don't care for the high gloss look...
And maybe it will effect the sound because it appears to be heavily applied... like I said, it's custom car paint job worthy, similar to my Pro Dove... very heavy and deep.

Derick , yes, it is something that prob'ly should be done out doors, which means it may be a while, since this time of year is a tad too cool for my liking...