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Post subject: Restoring Maple Neck?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:45 pm
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I was wondering how do you retore a maple neck from wearing?


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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:20 am
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Maple neck is maple neck, somebody knows what I mean :wink:


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You can buy stripper and polyurethane at just about any paint store but why would you want to? Wear on a guitar is what gives them their character and value.

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Naked Beer Guy wrote:
You can buy stripper and polyurethane at just about any paint store but why would you want to? Wear on a guitar is what gives them their character and value.

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Yes :wink:


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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:46 am
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The best way you can do that, is to just.. not play it. It's unavoidable buddy, maybe just use very light guage strings?

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I would say that most players look at a worn maple neck as something quite unusual... I wouldn't mess with it if it were mine, but then again, I'm not you, or you're not me... oh what the heck... you know what I mean!


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Don't do it! Let her age gracefully. 8)


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Strataholic wrote:
I would say that most players look at a worn maple neck as something quite unusual... I wouldn't mess with it if it were mine, but then again, I'm not you, or you're not me... oh what the heck... you know what I mean!


I love the look of a worn maple neck. Add a cigarette burn under the E string on the headstock and you've got vintage beauty.

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The wear and tear on any guitar is the sign that the guitar is learning you. Don't even try to stop this relationship from growing!


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cryingstrat wrote:
Strataholic wrote:
I would say that most players look at a worn maple neck as something quite unusual... I wouldn't mess with it if it were mine, but then again, I'm not you, or you're not me... oh what the heck... you know what I mean!


I love the look of a worn maple neck. Add a cigarette burn under the E string on the headstock and you've got vintage beauty.



yeah. i love the cigarette burn. I want it on my guitar, but I don't smoke. I guess that would make it look a little too artificial.

I guess I could take up smoking for like a day, long enough till I get the burn, then quit. I probably could even bum enough cigarettes off my friends to not even have to pay for it.


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Don't smoke em! Just let them burn down. Pall mall or lucky strike non filters JK. Use marlboro reds and let them burn down to get that smokey charred look. Do it while you jam, ya almost feel like Van Halen but you don't have to smoke em. Let your Strat chain smoke for ya.


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I can't do that with my EJ. Theres too much space between the headstock and strings, it won't hold a cig.

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Damn! That burn in mark is cool looking. I have an old beat up hardtail Strat which belonged to Neil Diamond. It has those cig burns by the E and the A tuning pegs. People think I'm a smoker when they look at it. Ole Neil must of been quite a smoker cause the strat still smells of cigarette residue.


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Post subject: Re: Restoring Maple Neck?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:23 pm
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sgstudio wrote:
I was wondering how do you retore a maple neck from wearing?


Go on Google or Yahoo and do an image search for Fender Stratocaster. You'll find photos of some beautifuly beat up Strats played by some of your favorite axemen. Take a look at David Gilmour's or Jimi's white Strats with maple fingerboards. They have been played on. The fingerboard shows wear and stains between the frets. Gilmour's Strat has the obligatory cigarrette burns on the head stock. The most famous Strats played by the most famous players are all beat up. If you haven't already, check out SRV's Live at ElMacombo. He's smashing and thrashing his favorite Strat which he called his #1 during his cover of "Third Stone From the Sun". Strats can take a tremendous amount of abuse and come out sounding better as the years pass because the magnets in the pup lose some of their EMF (Electro Magnetic Force) as time passes which mellows the tone of the guitar. Also keeping the guitar in tune all the time with high quality, fresh strings actually conditions the tone of the wood as it ages. Remember, your guitar is a living thing. The wood was cut from a living organism and is quite alive! It breathes and ages and changes dramatically with it's environment. Don't try to restore or preserve your guitar. It was made to be played and played hard. Accept the wear, chip, stains and what-nots as proud battle wounds. It'll give your guitar it's personality and it's history.

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Make sure that when you play, try not to let your fingers touch the fretboard... just the strings


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