neck as naturel as possible

[stringplayer]

can someone tell me how to keep my neck as naturel as possible?

When I lacquerd the neck of my first bass it went a little bit darker.. it was a maple neck


now i'm planning for a new build
And would like to keep my maple neck as naturel as possible, just like a fender neck

can someone help me?

greetzz

 

[tjclem]

All wood darkens when any finish is applied even water. The Fender neck you are thinking of was lighter colored before they finished it.

 

[stringplayer]

so that means that fender uses almost white maple?

because their necks are really light

 

[gyancey]

Are you sure you have maple? Birch is similar to maple but a bit darker with bolder grain. Fender is typically using North American maple, which would be an imported wood for you. I seen birch labeled as "maple" before by some wood dealers.

 

[stringplayer]

I'm sure

its birdseye maple

 

[leppikallio]

Still, specially if you don't know it is imported wood, it may be European maple which is very different than American hard maple. I think both of these species do generate that birdseye variety. They are pretty different in color, hard maple being lighter.

What is the finish Fender is using? Some lacquers do darken wood more than others. Water based varieties don't change the color nearly as much as thinner based ones and oil based, tung oil based, darken wood as much as oil finish. One trick would be first bleach the wood which makes it virtually white but again color of the finish will be even more pronounced.