mintysucks Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) Hello, I bought an MIM Fender Jazz recently, and it's great apart from the finish of the neck between frets 5-8. The skunk stripe felt as if it was very slightly protruding from the neck itself and I could feel it whilst playing. I took some 0000 steel wool to it when has made it nicer feeling, but now there's a bare patch in the maple and rosewood and after a while tends to feel sticky I imagine it's the bare maple picking up more grime? You can just about see it as a darker patch in the photograph. What should I do? I want to return it as close to stock finish as possible. Should I use some grainfiller, then oil and sand with 0000 again? How do Fender finish their necks? Thank you! Edited September 20, 2010 by mintysucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 got a similar problem with my guitar, stained telecaster neck, i posted about it earlier on the forums, heres a picture and link to the thread http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6545/dscf0506x.jpg http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...c=42957&hl= probably wont help but its the same problem i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintysucks Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 yeah that looks pretty similar to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musiclogic Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Pretty simple fix, sand clean with 400 and 600 to clean away grime, and spray with Poly (Minwax poly from Home Depot or Lowes works well) wait 3 or 4 days for curing, blend /wetsand with 800 to smooth, wax and your back to playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 poly on an oil finish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 wipe on poly is an oil finish....let me rephrase; its as close to any kind of oil finish any production company would ever use, and when you scuff the old finish, it will stick just fine but personally i dont sand maple over 300 that i want finish to grab to, anything above that should be after the initial finish is applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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