MonkeyBoy

Personally, my biggest interest in oiled necks is the appearance. Would it be possible to clear-coat on top of an oil finish, thus getting the look of oil, but the protection of laquer? Would the clear-coat change the appearance?

MB

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

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