The Telecaster

[wazkelly]

Hi Rob, love the headstock shape. It almost has a shark's snout look about it at the high E end.

Absolutely no idea what to use on a Maple fret board and will need to deal with this too when I get around to working on a J Bass kit bought recently. From what I have seen and read DT Wax might be the way to go or you can use TO if you want a more permanent sealed and/or shiny look.

One of my mates has a EVH Wolfgang with a maple board and he uses lemon oil which seems to be the go to thing for Rosewood but not so common for maple. It will take me several weeks if not months before I get up to this stage and hope someone comes up with some good ideas for both you and myself.

[Rob]

Hi Rob, love the headstock shape. It almost has a shark's snout look about it at the high E end.

Absolutely no idea what to use on a Maple fret board and will need to deal with this too when I get around to working on a J Bass kit bought recently. From what I have seen and read DT Wax might be the way to go or you can use TO if you want a more permanent sealed and/or shiny look.

One of my mates has a EVH Wolfgang with a maple board and he uses lemon oil which seems to be the go to thing for Rosewood but not so common for maple. It will take me several weeks if not months before I get up to this stage and hope someone comes up with some good ideas for both you and myself.

I went and sought advice from a serious muso today and he simply asked "why seal the fretboard?"... When I said "to protect it from finger stains" he just looked at me.
His point was that any stains, marks, etc were just indicative of the guitar being used. He said he has Fenders with chunks out of them, stains and marks all over them and the general wear and tear of being well used...they still make great sound.
I get what he's saying so I'll go with what he said and leave it raw.
He offered to do the final setup when I finish the build. An offer too good to refuse :-)