savantjk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2018 2:27 pm
I've exchanged a few emails with Danocaster and found out he doesn't finish necks. I love the way it currently feels, just seems like if I'm getting the body refinished I might as well give the neck/headstock a little love too! Any suggestions there?
It all depends what kind of guitar you want at the end of this. do you want it to be period correct?
What exactly do you want doing to the neck? Just a new decal applied or do you want it completely re-laquered?
If you're after a custom colour then maybe go the matching headstock route. You'll probably end up with something looking like it's been well looked after. Like it's been stored in it's case for long periods of time & never bashed around too much.
Or, and this is where I went with mine, have a finish that matches the wear on the neck. A vintage correct nitro refin with a small amount of relicing (or a thin enough finish to show some natural wear after a few months to a year of honest playing).
The thing is with Danocaster, he doesn't go mental with a belt sander (like other well known names). His relicing is very tasteful, convincing and IMO, exactly what you'd need to match the already worn in neck.
(When I got mine done all the guy did was to stick it in a freezer for 24 hours after the finish had settled for a couple of weeks. It created some long, thin cracks, just like the weather checking you see on vintage models. He actually hit it with some anti-freeze too which, in retrospect, wasn't so great. It didn't damage the finish but it did cause it to crack more like a spider's web in places. I didn't really know enough about all this back then. If I knew what I know now I'd have left it alone once it was out of the freezer).
Without seeing it close up, I'm guessing that '59 neck will feel amazing to play. Refinishing it will just dampen this, maybe making it a little stickier, if you know what I mean. A simple decal, maybe oversprayed with a couple of thin layers of clear laquer & you're good to go.
You think you can't, you wish you could, I know you can, I wish you would. Slip inside this house as you pass by.
. It's my wife's favorite. Tough decision. It could use a good clear over it at least to protect the body. Seems like it may have some oil rubbed in - whether its from years of skin contact, old motor oil trick, etc.. no real protection though. I think a good clear could really be sharp. As far as paint goes - with the burst it would at least return some originality and partially show the grain instead of covering it.
