The guides will go on the opposite side.
Clean the old epoxy by softening it with a heat gun and scraping it off. Don't go crazy. The melting point of epoxy is well below that of the graphite, but the graphite resin will soften and separate if you get careless.
Cut off the old reel seat, use a hack saw lengthwise then split it off with a screw driver.
If you are fussy you can sand the blank and refinish with a hard clear coat (not epoxy)....but what exactly you should use I can't tell you since I don't bother (my rods all look like shiit anyways).
For guides, splurge if you can afford to and try the set up I posted in the main forum on the thread about the GSB1321L
Barring that, go with BMNAG's starting with a 30-20-12 maybe, then using size 10 running guides to the tip. Test cast and adjust.
This thread may help as well.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ided-line.html