NovasScootYa
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Micro Mesh cloth sheets range from 1500 to 12,000 grit and work very well for a slick finish on wood, frets, etc.
Unfortunately exotic wood necks have the same dimensions as unfinished maple necks and unfinished maple necks are undersized to accommodate the additional thickness of a Warmoth applied finish or a customer required finish. For the profile of an exotic wood neck to feel correct either treat it like maple and apply a finish or convince Warmoth to add a minimum .006” thickness to the profiles of exotic wood necks.
I know .006” doesn’t sound like much but it means a neck with a finish is around .006” thicker on the bottom and .006” thicker per side. To feel the basic difference between finish and no finish simply apply strips of blue 3/4" painter’s tape to each side and along the bottom of an unfinished neck.
Unfortunately exotic wood necks have the same dimensions as unfinished maple necks and unfinished maple necks are undersized to accommodate the additional thickness of a Warmoth applied finish or a customer required finish. For the profile of an exotic wood neck to feel correct either treat it like maple and apply a finish or convince Warmoth to add a minimum .006” thickness to the profiles of exotic wood necks.
I know .006” doesn’t sound like much but it means a neck with a finish is around .006” thicker on the bottom and .006” thicker per side. To feel the basic difference between finish and no finish simply apply strips of blue 3/4" painter’s tape to each side and along the bottom of an unfinished neck.