Finish on fretboard

[scrotiemcboogerballs]

Hi all. Nearly finished my first build. The neck I bought years ago from warmouth I think. It’s had some tape on it and has discoloured irregularly. I presume it has a fine light finish on the whole neck, but I’m not sure. Would that be likely? I can’t remember the brand but it did say licensed by fender on it. Because of the discolouration, I want to sand the fret board. What should I use to finish it? I do have some wipe on poly but presumed that it would just rub through pretty quickly. I’d like the finish to darken it a little if possible, to be closer to the roasted look. Anyway, what do you think?

Oh and another question. My saddles are pretty much maxed out. I must have set the bridge a little too far forward. Are there slightly shorter versions available that I can replace them with? Otherwise I thought I would just shorten the springs to give an extra mm or so of adjustment.

 

[Rick]

Last I thought about this, Warmoth would dip the neck in something before it's shipped, but it's such a thin diluted thing that you can ignore it. Why do you want to sand the fretboard? Why did you put tape on it? Only advice I have on sanding is go easy. In the pick it looks OK to me, I wouldn't do anything. Unless you haven't put a finish on, then you need to do something.

 

[Tretgeraet]

I'm not an expert, but the headstock shape doesn't look like Warmoths.

As to the finish, I agree with Rick, I wouldn't sand it either. It sounds like the discolouration is from different exposure to UV-light and in that case will fade on it's own.

 

[supertruper1988]

I cant say without more pics but yes, that Tele headstock is not the Warmoth Tele headstock. with tape on there for a long time, it can discolor a finish. I would first try to clean it with some kind of light finish cleaner from Dunlop or meguiars mist and wipe for guitar finishes.

 

[TBurst Std]

It looks like USAG but no brand.