What do you finish a maple fretboard with?
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
In most cases this is in the form of Nitrocellulose Lacquer. If your neck is maple along with your fretboard you can finish your neck and fretboard at the same time. If using lacquer, you will need to apply your finish and then cut away the build up on top of the frets, so the fret wires are exposed.
What is the best finish for a maple guitar neck?
High Gloss Finish is attractive and can be smooth for bending notes but can get tacky in humid conditions. Satin Finishes have more of a matte look and are considered “Faster” to play when changing hand position. Unfinished maple is susceptible to warping while Rosewood just needs some lemon oil.
Do I need to finish my maple fretboard?
Maple however is always finished. The way it is finished is that the whole neck, fingerboard and frets are usually just sprayed with lacquer and the lacquer removed from the frets later.
Are maple fingerboards finished?
Maple is the most common neck and fingerboard material that is finished as it lacks the density and oil content of rosewood and ebony etc and is thus finished to protect it from climatic change and decay.
How do you finish an unfinished maple neck?
How To Treat An Unfinished Maple Neck?
- Sand the guitar neck with 600 grit sandpaper to smooth the surface.
- Apply clear sealer on the neck using a towel.
- Wait till dry.
- Apply another coat of the sealer up to 5 coats.
- Rub with 0000 steel wool to smooth the surface.
What causes quilted maple?
what causes quilting in maple?????? “in hardwood trees, reaction wood forms predominantly toward the upper side of the leaning stem. because gravity causes the upper side to be in tension, it is termed tension wood.
Do maple necks need oil?
In general, maple fretboards do not need fretboard oil. On the rare case that your guitar has an unfinished maple fretboard, it can however benefit from a light application of fretboard oil 1-3 times a year.