Can dry looking rosewood be "rescued"?

[WezV]

An old t-shirt works well - if it was tru-oil being used i would rub it right back with 0000 wire wool  bu the other oild just need a polish with a soft cloth

[FernandoDuarte]

Thanks :D

[Philly Q]

So I got a Tele neck.  It's a nice one, so no dry fingerboard issues, hopefully:

[FernandoDuarte]

Going to change the countour of the end of the neck yourself or let Mr Feline or Wez do it?

[Fourth Feline]

An old t-shirt works well - if it was tru-oil being used i would rub it right back with 0000 wire wool  bu the other oild just need a polish with a soft cloth

+1 on the t-shirt. I just use an off cut from an old  t-shirt or similar soft material - as I want to fully control the procedure and keep it simple. I assume a motorised buffer would give an uneven ( and excessive ) pressure. 

[Philly Q]

Going to change the countour of the end of the neck yourself or let Mr Feline or Wez do it?

I'll definitely do that myself, it'll be easy enough unless I have a router accident (fingers crossed). :)

[PhilKing]

I did mine with a surform file and sandpaper!

[Philly Q]

Yeah, I've considered just filing it but it'll be easy to make a quick router template with some hardboard, then it'll take no time and (hopefully) look neat.

[FernandoDuarte]

Cheers! Hope everything go fine! :drink:

[AndyR]

I wasn't too sure what you guys were on about, so I've been looking at pictures - strats seem to have a rounded end, teles a flatter end? Is that it? (But the pictures posted in this thread seem to be the other way round - I'm intrigued...)

Anyway, er, good luck Philly! :lol:

EDIT: Ah, found Wez's earlier post and Philly's reply... that does seem to be what you're all saying.

[Philly Q]

I wasn't too sure what you guys were on about, so I've been looking at pictures - strats seem to have a rounded end, teles a flatter end? Is that it? (But the pictures posted in this thread seem to be the other way round - I'm intrigued...)

Yeah, the pics I used at the start of the thread all happened to be Tele necks, just because they were good examples of dry fingerboards.  I wasn't really thinking of actually buying a Tele neck at that point.  :)

[noodleplugerine]

I've used Leblanc bore oil on everything, but hell, my dad's a clarinetist, its the only oil I have! But it does work bloody well.