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Good morning

Headstock complete. To be honest only so so but as it was my first attempt I am fairly happy



Just need some advice please.

For the neck finish not sure what to do. I am looking at 2 options.

Feast and watson golden teak. Stain fretboard and back of neck. Back of neck finished in wipe on poly with only pitbull wax on the fretboard over the teak stain.

Or

Pitbull Acacia neck kit to stain fretboard and back of neck. Use the final coat on back of neck with just the pitbull wax over the acacia fretboard stain no final coat on fretboard.

Just worried about compatability between the 2 different mixes. Say mixing water based stain with a spirit based finish. I think that's what I mean lol.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Steve
This is probably a bit late but the easiest way to go on a maple neck and fingerboard is are you looking for a vintage neck or just a nice neutral colour, if I'm doing an aged neck I use yellow Rit dye I mix up a weak solution and go over with just one or 2 coats and then use a spray can of clear acrylics lacquer if I want a glossy neck ill just polish it up or if I want a Matt super soft feeling neck I sand it back with 2000grit w&d and leave it like that, looks an feel beautiful

@ king Casey i don't reply much these days unless I can help but this method work especially well on squire necks don't use enamel or Bunnings clear that's good on furniture but not on necks ill try to upload a couple of pics for you it also works well over water slide decals I'm probably done over 50 Strats and Tele necks the same way, I thought Phil would have posted something like that its way easier than using messy enamels which look like crap