Took another look at the neck. It's really just the front of the headstock where I have damaged the finish. Maybe I'll just paint it the same color as the body. I was going to do some stripes, but it's not a big change to just paint it solid like the top.

The only other place where the finish is damaged is on the where the neck goes into the pocket. I may do a little experimenting so see if I can cover this with something that won't change the appearance much and *will* dry hard. can experiment with the undamaged parts of the headstock... The rest of the neck, actually looks pretty good.