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Update:  I finally got around to burnishing the neck. I had a variety of fine grained sandpaper from a previous project, so just worked each on the back of the neck, starting with 400 and going up to 2000 grit (400,600,800,1000,1200,1500,2000).  I probably spent around the time of one song on...

Wow that thread has lots of info, just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Hi, I was curious to try unfinished necks as lots of people seem to love it.  A few months ago I ordered a roasted maple neck from warmoth.  It's a great playing neck (if anyone cares, it's RW board, vintage modern, 1 5/8 nut, 59 round, 6105SS--really liking these specs). Having spent a few...

Here's what I tried: standard thin 1 11/16:  Too thin for my taste. Clapton 1 11/16:  Depth was ok but the V was too much, and made it feel thinner than it was (it measured 0.85-0.94).  I am more used to softer V shapes, and I found this harder V to be distracting, especially when I played...