Hello,
I bought an MIM Fender Jazz recently, and it's great apart from the finish of the neck between frets 5-8. The skunk stripe felt as if it was very slightly protruding from the neck itself and I could feel it whilst playing. I took some 0000 steel wool to it when has made it nicer feeling, but now there's a bare patch in the maple and rosewood and after a while tends to feel sticky, I imagine it's the bare maple picking up more grime? You can just about see it as a darker patch in the photograph.
What should I do? I want to return it as close to stock finish as possible. Should I use some sealer, then oil and sand with 0000 again? How do Fender finish their necks? I've heard of people using super glue to fill the grain, and then sanding it down so it's a smooth finish?
Please help!
I bought an MIM Fender Jazz recently, and it's great apart from the finish of the neck between frets 5-8. The skunk stripe felt as if it was very slightly protruding from the neck itself and I could feel it whilst playing. I took some 0000 steel wool to it when has made it nicer feeling, but now there's a bare patch in the maple and rosewood and after a while tends to feel sticky, I imagine it's the bare maple picking up more grime? You can just about see it as a darker patch in the photograph.
What should I do? I want to return it as close to stock finish as possible. Should I use some sealer, then oil and sand with 0000 again? How do Fender finish their necks? I've heard of people using super glue to fill the grain, and then sanding it down so it's a smooth finish?
Please help!
