I bought a jazz neck with black blocks. The neck seems to be tinted sort of yellow. Could I remove that tint with isopropenol alcohol? Or should I stain the neck ?
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yellow neck.
- Thread starter Muziekschuur
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The yellow or “amber” tint is probably in the clear coat which I’d guess is some kind of poly. You’d have to sand the finish off. Alcohol will probably just clean it and stain will sit on top of the finish. You could paint it a solid color...
The bass body I intended did in fact 'move on' and became fretless. But now I have bought a modern player 1 gen humbucker and I have all these parts lying around. So the neck screams 'use me'. But it's so damn yellow.
That amber tint will have many bass players drooling. As the saying goes, "it's not a bug, it's a feature."
See also: YMMV.
See also: YMMV.
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Looks like an aftermarket "vintage tint" neck. You'll either have to strip and refinish the whole neck (might harm the blocks) or just trade it for a similar neck with a non-tinted finish. If it were mine and I liked the feel of it I'd live with the color. I have an '81 G&L L-1000 neck that's aged even darker.
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You are having a similar response to me. That yellow tint is pretty common. Some love it. Some like me - not so much.
If you are out of time with returning it, your best bet might be to sell it and try again.
If you are out of time with returning it, your best bet might be to sell it and try again.
If you don’t like the color as is, amber tinted clear is probably not going to help. If you can find paint cheap enough you could try some on the heel or somewhere not visible but I’d guess it’s only going to make things more yellow or orange.
Pretty sure I bought a neck from that company. Looks very similar to mine. Definitely as yellow.
As mentioned above, this takes you down the more yellow/orange rout, unless you plan on something considerably darker. With those black inlays, you don't want too dark of a board, would not look good.
Agreed. The only way to be rid of that "yellow" is to strip and refinish the neck. It's possible, but a very tedious job. If up for the task, it can be a very rewarding and fun project though. Some say sanding alone works, but that's a LOT of sanding. Personally, I'd use a chemical stripper. Perhaps start with the more "safer" stuff like Citristrip. If that wasn't strong enough, I'd bump up to some Jasco (or something similar). Whatever you use, make sure to thoroughly mask the inlays and nut, as strippers can damage plastic (don't ask
) if not properly protected. You may want to remove the nut? Stripping and refinishing a neck can be a long, intensive process. As others have suggested, maybe a lot less trouble to sell/trade for a maple blocked neck without the vintage tint. More than likely, there plenty of TBers that would dig having a vintage tint block neck. Put it for sale/trade here in the classifieds.
This was an issue with SX basses a few years ago, and a few on here used chemical stripper to remove the lacquer.
The yellow lacquer is meant to look like ambered lacquer on vintage Fenders, but it can be too uniform looking and a bit too 'Lego'.
The yellow lacquer is meant to look like ambered lacquer on vintage Fenders, but it can be too uniform looking and a bit too 'Lego'.
Maybe it should see some regular light. And that could fix my issue. Or I could go the 'relic' route. Hmmm… ok. I'll think about it. I am still on the lookout for an awesome body. And in the mean time a Fender Modern player jazz humbucker came in today. This 5 magnet wide humbucker is an interesting piece of kit. I allso have a great 50's precision pickup. But i'm not yet allright with putting those together in a bass. Tho that might be great….
You know that body is beautiful, but maybe a black PG would help offset all the attention of the neck. Just a thought, mount with tape vs drilling into the body.
