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Topic: neck surfaces

I have been playing my strat a little more these days,I like the smooth surface on the neck but I like the wood surface on my Yamaha and Takamine necks.( they are both acoustic.). what are your choices?

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Re: neck surfaces

i like the slippery neck on my telecaster, it's maple and slightly convex. similar shape to the strat,but that was(is) rosewood, so it's soft and i dont find it as slippery. i also dont like gibson necks as they are very flat and wide, they look great, but not for me.

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Re: neck surfaces

Love my SG neck (epi) its rose wook. the AXL strat is rosewood also.  slimmer neck,  I dont think I have palyed a Mapel neck since 84.  but I didnt mind it.

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Re: neck surfaces

I have maple, rosewood, and an ebony. Don't really notice too much of a difference, to be honest. I find fret width and neck cut, and string relief are a lot more important to feel than the type of wood. I don't like the width of my SG but I prefer the neck gauge of a Gibson for string bending and whatnot so I deal with it. smile

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Re: neck surfaces

I agree with BGD above, however I found this some time ago. It works, and all my guitar necks have now been treated this way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGz6IZ9BFI

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Re: neck surfaces

Totally trying that. I love my tung oiled guitar. This should emulate that.

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Re: neck surfaces

Roger Guppy wrote:

I agree with BGD above, however I found this some time ago. It works, and all my guitar necks have now been treated this way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGz6IZ9BFI

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I have watched this  a long time ago. I just cant bring myself to do this to my beautiful finishes.  I know it would be quicker, buttttt if I ever absolutely needed to sell one then how do you get them to not tell you you ruined the finish?

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Re: neck surfaces

My personal fear with this keys on his statement, "Make sure you only remove a micron of the finish." If I were to remove the finish totally - even in a few areas - the wood would now be open to absorbing moisture, skin oils, etc. I can't imagine this would be good over the long term. A less intrusive way to speed up the neck is to simply spray a small bit of water-based Armour-All on a soft chamois, and give the neck a rub occasionally. This will speed it up without altering it.

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Re: neck surfaces

Don't really notice too much of a difference, to be honest. I find fret width and neck cut, and string relief are a lot more important to feel than the type of wood

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