swampashstrat
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Hello to all.
New guy here. I need a little advice on a first build.
I built a chambered swamp ash strat. started a bout 2 years ago. ( yeah in know....) I started in the middle of major home reconstruction, and then lots of unexpected stuff just started to happen. But the strat got build in the end.
Just got her back from a a tech, all is good, but WHAT? Played a while and the neck is sticky and gummy. It takes a time, but if you play it for an hour or so it gums up and feels like a fly trap.
Here's the deal. It is a rosewood board over maple. I sprayed a lacquer finish (Watco - nitro spray can) then sanded the back to bare wood. Did the burnish thing to 2000 grit, and rubbed BLO in the maple about 5 coats or so. Remember this was done a bout 2 years ago, and it sat in a case untouched until now.
The guitar tech thinks the small amount of lacquer left down by the nut and up by the neck joint didn't cure. I think the BLO is being summoned through sweat and heat. Either way I sanded her back down to raw.
What is a fool proof, rock solid finish that feels like it's not finished. Do I go with tru oil? I have finished a shotgun stock with this stuff once.
I'm looking for experienced answers.
Thanks
Joe
New guy here. I need a little advice on a first build.
I built a chambered swamp ash strat. started a bout 2 years ago. ( yeah in know....) I started in the middle of major home reconstruction, and then lots of unexpected stuff just started to happen. But the strat got build in the end.
Just got her back from a a tech, all is good, but WHAT? Played a while and the neck is sticky and gummy. It takes a time, but if you play it for an hour or so it gums up and feels like a fly trap.
Here's the deal. It is a rosewood board over maple. I sprayed a lacquer finish (Watco - nitro spray can) then sanded the back to bare wood. Did the burnish thing to 2000 grit, and rubbed BLO in the maple about 5 coats or so. Remember this was done a bout 2 years ago, and it sat in a case untouched until now.
The guitar tech thinks the small amount of lacquer left down by the nut and up by the neck joint didn't cure. I think the BLO is being summoned through sweat and heat. Either way I sanded her back down to raw.
What is a fool proof, rock solid finish that feels like it's not finished. Do I go with tru oil? I have finished a shotgun stock with this stuff once.
I'm looking for experienced answers.
Thanks
Joe