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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: _tom_ on July 07, 2007, 05:07:28 PM

Title: Adding vintage tint to a maple neck (or a headstock)?
Post by: _tom_ on July 07, 2007, 05:07:28 PM

I'm probably gonna get a new strat neck soon as I played my mates MIM the other day quickly and the flatter board is much nicer. So I'm probably gonna get a normal MIM neck, but they only do the maple ones with an untinted finish, whereas I prefer the tinted maple as on my current one. Is it possible to add a vintage tint myself fairly easily, and what does it involve? I'm guessing the MIM neck will come with a clear finish on it allready, will all that need removing etc?

If so I might just have to go with a rosewood, in which case, any ideas where to get a rosewood boarded fender neck with stock MIM specs, though maybe with a big 70s style headstock?

How much should a luthier charge to do this job?


edit - if I were to go with a rosewood one, I'd like for the headstock and back to be tinted, will this be easier to do myself than the whole neck as I wont have to do the fingerboard?

Cheers

Title: Adding vintage tint to a maple neck (or a headstock)?
Post by: chrisheyes on July 08, 2007, 09:00:15 PM

Tom

You should look out for one of these then

Bacchus SRV Strat from Japan, they do Eric Clapton, Rory G and Others !!

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