Refinishing a solid body electric

[KatyMan]

Hi all...I recently bought a fantastic guitar, a Fender Nashville Tele, honey blonde (bought new). The finish is thin enough that the wood grain shows through faintly, and I would love to strip the honey blonde finish to the natural wood and just have a gloss applied to it. I wouldn't even remotely think about doing it myself, but was wondering what the musician community here thought about that--is it expensive? If I have a good guitar guy, is it a relatively painless procedure? Can it be done to an alder body? The current finish is polyester.

Thanks, and I'll hang up and listen.