Well, this has been a labour of love and I'll admit, I've struggled to find the motivation to finish this project (and keep this blog up to date for the one or two of you who might read it).
Trying to finish the neck and have come up against a problem using the boiled linseed oil (good grief, if only I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have bothered).
I won't lie - the feeling of the oiled neck is quite nice and I've not had any suggestion of the "tackiness" that people worry about. I imagine that ultra fine wet and dry at the end would make this feel fantastic.
So, i've got this problem.
The maple on the neck seems to be profoundly different to the maple on the fretboard and no matter what I do, the colouring is clearly different. The fretboard seems to absorb very little of the oil (which I've tinted with oil paint) in comparison to the neck - as you can see, it is still very bleached whereas the neck is starting to take the colour nicely.
Is there some kinda "napalm" or other solution here?
Can I still go the nitrocellulose lacquer over the top or is the oil now going to stuff that up for me? Is the oil even possible to sand back?
And if can do the lacquer, I think I'd like a vintage colour amber - just not the crazy orange that I've seen. Are there any suggestions for a good fender telecaster vintage amber lacquer?
I feel like I'm stuck here - can't go forward and can't go back.
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