Originally Posted by
wazkelly
Hi Joe, been away for past 10 days and just catching up on some threads & builds. Yours is coming along nicely.
Just a heads up with the ink, as it is water based you could have wetted things down next day to take off most of the colour before commencing with the sanding. Too late now but something worth keeping in the back of your mind for next time.
With the tone caps, wouldn't recommend the 0.047's as most Humbucker PUP manufacturers suggest using 0.022's as the bigger the number the darker and muddier things get therefore 0.047's are usually suggested for single coils as used in Strat's & Tele's.
For the Maple Fret Board there are many suggestions on what you should and should not do and it all comes down to personal preference. If you have ever played a Strat with Maple FB most of them are heavily lacquered and you could do the same with acrylic of even Tru Oil which is what I did on my Non Pit Bull J Bass. Just means you have to 0000 steel wool the frets to remove any finish. I then went on to use same steel wool on the Fret Board to get more of a satin feel and finish. Also hit it with some Meguair's Car polish front & back and looks/feels great. Over time any finish on a maple FB will tend to disintegrate which only adds to the character of the guitar in my opinion.
I have a mate who plays a EVH Wolfgang and they come with a raw maple FB. He uses lemon oil every string change which is weird as their instructions strictly advise against using on maple? Seems to be that if you are going to run raw or naked that you will need to treat it with some oil or wax more frequently.
