Well, here you can see how well he blended the new finish into the old: http://gtrreepair.deviantart.com/art/Back-of-head-126263815
Here's some more on the original finish: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-G...d/Finishes.aspx
And I googled "oil finish" and I think you may be right
One thing that bothers me alot with the new finish is that it has WAY more friction than the old one
For instance, when I slide my finger down the back of the headstock (from old finish to new as you can see in the picture) I feel much more counterforce to my movement when I arrive at the new finish. It goes from feeling like paper to... I dunno... a window? .. plastic with more friction than... paper...
Well, as I mentioned earlier the finish goes a long way down - almost down to the last fret - so this might even hinder my movement along the neck
I hope I'm easy enough to understand becouse, as I said in the first post, I'm foreign and new to guitar and carpenting lingo
EDIT: And one thing to consider is that the crack doesn't even reach the 1st fret