MonkeyBoy Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Hi all, I'm going to be building my first guitar, but I haven't found much information on finishing necks. Specifically, I want to do a gun-oil tint on a birdseye maple neck like those offered on G&L guitars. Here are a couple of examples: Any suggestions on how I can achieve a neck finish like this? Any information on materials, techniques, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks, MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Nice Birdeye Maple neck, I'm not sure about gun-oil tint finishes but it does look very close to a Vintage Fender finish with probably just a touch more of the Amber sprayed on. You can read up about those here at ReRanch and they sell the supplies to do it as well. Oh And welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyBoy Posted January 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Thanks, Brian, both for the info and the welcome. I've been wondering if an amber dye might do the trick, but I worry that something sprayed-on might not bring out the figuring in the maple like a hand-rubbed oil/lacquer/tint/whatever, as the G&L necks supposedly are. Maybe I'll shoot an email over to the people at ReRanch... If anyone else has suggestions, please pass them along. I'm not above doing something exotic if it'll produce results... MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 bill lester of guitar reranch is awesome, hes been putting up with all of my email questions and i thank him, he will try and answer your questions as best as possible, if he knows what it exactly is, he will tell you, good luck with your quest and welcome aboard jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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