Oiled Necks

[St.James]

I'm about to put a guitar together with a finished neck. I'd like to strip it down and oil it... My question is what kind of oil does Jackson use and how is an oiled neck maintained?

[Bengal65]

Re: Oiled Necks

Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil (Gunstock oil) available at sporting good stores. Maintenance-You can just put more oil on and buff it (with 0000 synthetic "Steel wool" or a suede leather strap, the back side of a soft leather guitar strap is good)or BC Tru oil has a package that includes a wax.

[St.James]

Re: Oiled Necks

is it possible to add a color pigment to the oil to give it color?

[Ace]

Re: Oiled Necks

As for adding pigment, as long as your going darker, it would probably work, if your trying to dye your rosewood board to look like a strawberry, goodluck. Oiled necks need to be oiled AT MOST annually. If your fretboard looks dry and flaky, go ahead and oil it lightly. However, over-oiling your fretboard will certainly have a negative effect. You can oversaturate the wood and loosen the frets...

The best maintenece that you can preform on a guitar is to rock out on it on a frequent basis and to just wipe it off afterwards!! Stradovarious violins worht millions of dollars have caretakers whose job is to play them regularly to keep them in top shape!!

[St.James]

Re: Oiled Necks

Thanks for the answers. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I don't want my fretboards looking like strawberries, [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] but I do dye them black. I use the same oil based dye Gibson and PRS uses to touch up their ebony boards. It dyes rosewood very well.

[slevy007]

Re: Oiled Necks

I would go with Gunstock oil. Nothing fancy..Keep it simple. Tung Oil is good too, but that feels a little more like a painted neck.

slevy007