blazer3 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Anyone who"s read my "Disaster" thread will know i"ve been having problems with a precision copy neck i have and i was resigned to binning it but after a few days thinking about it i thought what the hell, i"m gonna have a crack at sorting it out myself and turn it fretless into the bargain, it was free so if i messed up no big deal plus its only a cheap neck, call it a learning curve if you will. I Removed the frets as carefully as i could then set to work stripping off all the old finish, took me hours to do then it was time to try and sort out that warp at the heel, plenty careful sanding later and i was amazed that i got the warp out and the fingerboard now looks nice and straight, filled in the fretslots with wood filler and set to sanding the entire neck working up through various grades of paper, it still needs a bit of sanding but so far so good, The only problem is that with all the sanding its left the fretboard looking anemic, is there anything i can put on to darken it a tad, i have some oil that i"ve used on rosewood boards but never maple plus i"Ve decided to spray the headstock to match the body. Worst case scenario is that i"ve completely wrecked the neck and i wont know for sure till its back on the bass but so far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 You should finish a maple fingerboard with something, even if it has frets. What that should be, I can't really help with - not that familiar with coatings for fretless. I'm guessing the finish should be hardwearing and not sticky at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 You can oil finish maple, teak oil will darken it a bit, but its not ideal. Usually maple is lacquered. PLentry of other options though: [url="http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13575"]Finishing maple.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazer3 Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 cheers for the replies guys, much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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