hillerheilman
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Hey all. I've been absent from the forum for quite a long time. Sorta forgot about my account here till now. Anyway, last time I was here(probably more than a year ago, my bad :-\ ) I asked about fretboard wood choice on a roasted maple neck. I finally got the guitar completed a couple weeks ago, after I finally managed to find a good tech that didn't break my stuff and life was done pulling shenanigans of course. It took me awhile to get the right design that was comfortable for me to play seated due to a disability, and a longer time to find the right pickups, but I think I've got her where I want her now. I'll throw pictures below.
On to my actual question. I ended up going with a roasted maple fatback profile neck with a maccasar ebony fretboard. I chose roasted maple with the intention of leaving it unfinished.(I had a really crappy Epiphone with a lacquered neck before this, and hated it. Wanted to be as far from that as possible) I've been playing it for a couple weeks and I definitely dig the raw wood, but I've been researching threads about burnishing roasted maple as well as doing oil finishes. I know there's the old saying about not fixing things that aren't broken, but it's got me wondering if I can't make it just a bit better. So my question for those of you with roasted necks is this; what'd you do to yours? What was it like compared to the raw version? I don't want to make it feel like a lacquered neck at all for fear of having the same problems I did with the Epiphone, but I'm looking for opinions.
Here she is:
For anyone curious about the specs:
Warmoth neck, fatback roasted maple/ ebony, 12 inch radius, 24 inch scale, 6150 ss frets, 1 5/8 nut.
Custom designed body, pg and control plate.
Mastery trem and staytrem bridge.
All pickups(baby 71/classic 53 p90/baby 71) from Jamie at The Creamery.
Triple shot switches for series/parallel/split.
6 way(all strat combinations +neck and bridge) rotary.
One volume, one tone with push/push for phase switching on neck pickup.
Output jack in back strap button.
EDIT: I don't know why, but only the image of the neck wants to show. Sorry guys.
EDIT: fixed the pictures! Added some more as well
On to my actual question. I ended up going with a roasted maple fatback profile neck with a maccasar ebony fretboard. I chose roasted maple with the intention of leaving it unfinished.(I had a really crappy Epiphone with a lacquered neck before this, and hated it. Wanted to be as far from that as possible) I've been playing it for a couple weeks and I definitely dig the raw wood, but I've been researching threads about burnishing roasted maple as well as doing oil finishes. I know there's the old saying about not fixing things that aren't broken, but it's got me wondering if I can't make it just a bit better. So my question for those of you with roasted necks is this; what'd you do to yours? What was it like compared to the raw version? I don't want to make it feel like a lacquered neck at all for fear of having the same problems I did with the Epiphone, but I'm looking for opinions.
Here she is:







For anyone curious about the specs:
Warmoth neck, fatback roasted maple/ ebony, 12 inch radius, 24 inch scale, 6150 ss frets, 1 5/8 nut.
Custom designed body, pg and control plate.
Mastery trem and staytrem bridge.
All pickups(baby 71/classic 53 p90/baby 71) from Jamie at The Creamery.
Triple shot switches for series/parallel/split.
6 way(all strat combinations +neck and bridge) rotary.
One volume, one tone with push/push for phase switching on neck pickup.
Output jack in back strap button.
EDIT: I don't know why, but only the image of the neck wants to show. Sorry guys.
EDIT: fixed the pictures! Added some more as well