Music Man Neck Finish

[Jonmo1]

I just love the way the Music Man Necks feel. The Gunstock Oil and Wax treatment is just top notch.

Now I'm considering doing that to my strat.
Can it be done to any old maple neck?

How exactly is the gunstock oil and wax applied for the first time?

Thanks.

 

[Hendog]

I just love the way the Music Man Necks feel. The Gunstock Oil and Wax treatment is just top notch.

Now I'm considering doing that to my strat.
Can it be done to any old maple neck?

How exactly is the gunstock oil and wax applied for the first time?

Thanks.

Isn't the Strat neck finished? Even if its satin finished, the oil/wax treatment will not work.

 

[Jonmo1]

Yes it is. I would plan on stripping off the satin finish first.
Then sanding it with some 000 steel wool.
Then applying the oil/wax.

I think the only thing that would stop me is on the back of the neck,
there's a strip of darker wood. I think from where they inserted the truss rod.
It might be rosewood, but I'm not sure.

 

[Spudmurphy]

I was thinking about doing the same thing on a friends guitar. He liked the way the topcoat finished in a nice curved line just under the headstock and wanted to emulate that!

I thought about ways of doing it and think that masking tape just would not give a neat edge - what with all the sanding off of the clearcoat. I thought about using an aluminium jubilee clip, wrapped in some tape to offer some protection. That would offer me good barrier to sand up to and hopefully give me the same kinda EB curved line.

Now onto the application of the Birchwood Casey gun stock oil and wax - which always gets a lot of different opinions on how to apply it. I apply it the same way they apply it in the factory:-
Use a paper towel and apply a small amount of B-C oil. In the time that it takes to screw up the towel, throw it in the bin and tear another piece of - wipe it down. DO NOT LET IT SIT ON THERE FOR A LONG TIME!!! (sorry to shout!)
Then do the same with the gunstock wax - voila, jobs a good 'un.

 

[Jack FFR1846]

Search for my Sublhouette thread. I did this with my sub 1 which was painted black. Sand off all the finish wherever you want to get this done. You can sand the side of the fingerboard....just protect the top of the fingerboard. Apply as in the above post. I did 2 coats of Tru-Oil and let it sit for about a week and then used Zymol wax. It feels just like my Axis.

 

[Jonmo1]

Cool, thanks Spud.
Sounds like it will be pretty easy then..For some reason I thought it would be a painstaking time consuming task. Like several coats over a week or something...

Although I'm not too worried about that line you speak of.
I'm going to be giving the whole guitar a makeover.
A custom paintjob by a tatoo artist friend of mine.
I'll be stripping the headstock as well, and painting it black.
Then the guy will put his signature on it.
Then I can mask off the neck right at the nut line and apply a new laquer finish to the headstock.

 

[lenny]

yes it can be done ...i did both my Tele and my Esquire that way with FANTASTIC results!!

 

[Jonmo1]

Ok, thanks for the tips.

Now anothe question,
There are spots on the fretboard where the maple is turning green.
I understand that is natural in maple, but is there anything I can do to clean it up?
Can I just sand it off?
Will the Inlays get screwed up by sanding, or will they still look good after a polish with steel wool?