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Weird Neck Finishing Quandry

arealken

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Mmmkay, this is'nt a matter of life or death, but I am befuddled , and here's why;
You see, I have a Warmoth Mahogany Strat that has a kinda cool Satin Matte / Low gloss finish, and I have an unfinished Goncalo Alves neck with a Warmoth dark Ebony fretboard . The issue I'm having is that I want to leave the back of the neck as raw wood, but when I look from the front, its bugs the bejeebus outta me to see the raw neck headstock matched to the Satin body.
At first I was thinking to go ahead and finish the headstock in front as a low gloss matte to match the body, but then I started thinking I would not like the look at all of a  finished headstock in front with the rest of the  back of the neck being raw wood.
I am all out of sorts here in trying to figure out what to do...has anyone faced a similar "crisis" :toothy11:??
What did you do or not do, and how satisfied are you with the results?
 
Since GA doesn't require a finish, you could burnish the front of the headstock or the whole neck for a more finished look but still retain the raw quality of the wood.
 
Robert's solution is probably the best. A burnished headstock will achieve a low gloss satin-type finish with no finish on it, so it'll still look like raw wood because that's what it is.
 
Rgand said:
Since GA doesn't require a finish, you could burnish the front of the headstock or the whole neck for a more finished look but still retain the raw quality of the wood.

I can be finicky about those sorts of things too. That being said...
I think Rgand's idea is an excellent one.
 
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