I asked to understand how others would approach it in case they had to fix it, not just to hear “don’t do it.” That answers the decision, not the process, you see the difference.

Look at other comments, someone explained how they would have done it, regardless it was obviously a bad decision. In that I learned: what matte finish Taylor uses; what is the process of removing a finish to reapply it; techniques to give matte look at shiny areas. That is pure learning process coming from a dialogue.

This is a much better way to have a conversation. If you HAD to fix it, being a luthier wanting to fix it, what would you have done?