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Out of curiosity, what are you legends using to finish the back of the neck ? Not the fretboard / fingerboard, the back of the neck so its hardened and smooth and not just oiled wood. I use both Tru Oil on some necks and Scandinavian Oil on others. But not getting the hardened finish I am after. They work better on the bodies instead of the necks, in my experience anyway !
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At the moment my favourite neck treatment is Cabots Exterior Poly in satin. Very forgiving to spray. I normally do one pass as per instructions let it dry out, sand it back and do another application. It's great for getting a smooth neck that doesn't grab your hand like a gloss one might.
I also liked the Tru Oil on the body, but didn’t like it on the neck of my first guitar. I gave the neck some steel wool treatment to make it feel better. On my second guitar I’m using wipe on poly and I liked the feel of it after two coats. Next time I’ll do two wipe on poly coats (satin) and leave it at that.
The last three guitars I finished, I left the necks unfinished and sanded to 2000 grit, and they are absolutely sublime to touch!! Because I'm not playing these out, and because no-one else will ever play them regularly plus the fact that I wipe everything down when I'm done means that they shouldn't get too dirty, and if they do, a quick sanding will set that right very quickly!!
I did the same on the neck of the FrankenWashie, then hit it dry with some worn micro mesh polishing pads it is silky.Quote:
Originally Posted by corsair
ooh glad I saqw this thread. I LOVE the unfinished neck as it feels SOO good but was worried about the dirt. if it turns out ok this axe may gig. I was wondering if i DID stain the neck does the stain grab at all our would you oil over the top..? Id like the neck dark in colour but still as smooooooth
am I asking for the sun?
My FrankenWashie doesn’t get gigged (cause I don’t gig!) but it cops a fair bit of play, I make a point of wiping it down it doesn’t seem to gather dirt. I say it doesn’t SEEM to but that’s not to say it wouldn’t if it were regularly gigged.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloGhost
i ran the micromesh pads right up to 12000, perhaps that helped?
Attachment 29761 the fretboerd on this has been sanded to 2000 grit and dingo waxed , it feels as nice as any i have just my skillz on the neck are a bit to be desire, but i wonder could you do a whole guitar sanded to 2000 grit or more and just ad some wax to polish, mmm might be worth a try
Dingobass said that he used to sand the back of necks to 1500 (or 2000?) and leave them unfinished (preferred) or dingowax them if there had to be some finish.
I don't. I just tru oil all my necks as I refer it. I can't imagine you would want a harder finish than tru oil?
In saying that, I intend to use dingotone neck finish on my current Jazz bass build.
I think thats what Sazzrandom did when she built her GRSF, except she did stain it before waxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam Barnes
I have used TruOil on two necks - one maple, one mahogany. Then I have used Carnauba-containing furniture wax as my final layer and polished it. Quite nice
Could you provide a link to the product that you used?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkMark
There are various brands of wipe on poly, I certainly can’t recommend one over the other. I’m using Feast Watson.Quote:
Originally Posted by TZK321
http://www.feastwatson.com.au/consum...t-details/1512
Awesome guys, thank you all for all your input, very helpful and many techniques to try and see what works for me. Thank you all again. I love this forum and site. Very helpful and learning a lot. Makes me want to build more and try out all these techniques. What a shame, i will end up with more basses ! Haha.
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Originally Posted by METAL Rulez 4ever
Yes i think there are a few of us that can identify with that problem Mate!
I don’t have a problem.
I Suspect you don't have five builds happening concurrentlyQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkMark
I used Tung oil on a Warmoth neck I got. After a shit load of coats and polishing it up with some 0000 steel wool, it's the best neck i've personally ever felt.
I also use Tung oil on the back of necks and I just love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrSixxxty6
Soft and smooth and so easy to do.
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