Help! Is this what EBMM uses on their maple necks?

[Jeong]

Wow, what do your frets look like after 19 years??

Do we need to do this to our necks? I have an Axis Sport that I bought new in 1997. I haven't treated the neck in those 19 years and I have played the heck out of my guitar. It has traveled with me around the country and down to Puerto Rico.

To my hands, and perception, the finish of the neck feels as great and worn in since the day I bought it. So my question is do I need to treat my neck again with this stuff? Perhaps I'll wait until next year and give it a 20th anniversary spa day.

 

[Pain-Free Music]

Wow, what do your frets look like after 19 years??

Pretty good! I have had the frets re-crowned, re-finished, leveled or whatever the proper term is, twice by guitar techs. I've included pictures of the first three frets and from 12-15. As you can see from the pictures, they look good. In the upper frets, there is issue with the edges, but I'm not worried about it.

I also included pictures of the front and back of the neck. I've replaced the springs once. And I'm on my third nut. The original split around year three, had it replaced with a graphite one. That one lasted just until two years ago when I ordered a new one from Music Man and my tech install it. The other thing that I had to replace were the saddles. Again, I ordered them from MM Customer Service. Oh, and I ordered a replacement trem bar because I had lost the original.

When I had my guitar tech look give it a set up last year, he said something I loved. "It's 18 years old? Then it's just now forgetting it was once a tree."