This is among my favorite guitars because of the pup configuration in the Tele body with the CBS Strat headstock neck. It snarls and growls like a demon. The saddles have been changed to GraphTech from stock. Also black chrome Tele barrel knobs replace the plastic bells. The selector switch needs to be replaced otherwise after a little seasoning and play it's become a stable platform. Unfortunately the poly finish on the Maple fretboard is a mile thick. I've used steel wool and pads which seems minimally effective at best. Does anyone have a suggestion for removing the poly from the fretboard so that I can actually feel the wood other than replacing the neck? Personally I'm not into chemical strippers or more precisely I'm afraid of them. Is there a grit cream that works in conjunction with pads that I'm missing?
72 Tele Deluxe Reissue
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BadHairDayologist
Re: 72 Tele Deluxe Reissue
the short answer is 'not really'
the most common method for destroying and removing poly finishes is a heat gun and a scraper. no i am not exaggerating or making that up.
if you want less finish, spent a long time with your steel wool scrubbin that thing down.
the short answer is 'not really'
the most common method for destroying and removing poly finishes is a heat gun and a scraper. no i am not exaggerating or making that up.
if you want less finish, spent a long time with your steel wool scrubbin that thing down.
bard2dbone
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Re: 72 Tele Deluxe Reissue
When he says a long time, he really means a loooooooooooooong time. Explosives might be easier.
When he says a long time, he really means a loooooooooooooong time. Explosives might be easier.
L.W. Badger
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Re: 72 Tele Deluxe Reissue
Honestly, you're saving a lot of time and headache getting a new neck......removing Poly from the fretboard means pulling frets and sanding it down, and re-fretting. Can it be done w/o pulling the frets? Sure, but it'll look like crap after-wards.
Honestly, you're saving a lot of time and headache getting a new neck......removing Poly from the fretboard means pulling frets and sanding it down, and re-fretting. Can it be done w/o pulling the frets? Sure, but it'll look like crap after-wards.
FuseG4
Our Neighbor Totoro
Re: 72 Tele Deluxe Reissue
the poly on the neck is thiner than you probably think, as far as I can tell. I sanded my Squier's maple neck down with dry 220 then 300 and it took about 1.5 hours. Just use a sanding block and go until it's not shiny when you hold it to the light.
I refin'd my neck into nitro and it was one of the best investments I've ever made in a guitar. I spent $60 and now I have one of the best feeling necks I've ever played.
the poly on the neck is thiner than you probably think, as far as I can tell. I sanded my Squier's maple neck down with dry 220 then 300 and it took about 1.5 hours. Just use a sanding block and go until it's not shiny when you hold it to the light.
I refin'd my neck into nitro and it was one of the best investments I've ever made in a guitar. I spent $60 and now I have one of the best feeling necks I've ever played.