octavedoctor
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Been working on a 40th (?) Anniversary strat neck with a fault in the skunk stripe.
Check this out:
The skunk stripe at the point where the hole is was little more than a veneer concealing a pocket of air between the fillet and the truss rod.
The crazing is reticulation caused by expansion of the wood. In the 90s Fender was having problems with a batch of necks that had been overdried. When exposed to normal ambient humidity they swelled, the joint along the skunk stripe broke down and the lacquer cracked. The lacquer on this neck is so loose that it's just peeling off.
I've got some American Black Walnut that's at least twenty years older than me so I'm going to use that to replace it, then give it a gunstock oil finish.
I'll keep you posted.
Should have an update to the "Wish me Luck" thread before long as well, If I can find it now...
Check this out:
The skunk stripe at the point where the hole is was little more than a veneer concealing a pocket of air between the fillet and the truss rod.
The crazing is reticulation caused by expansion of the wood. In the 90s Fender was having problems with a batch of necks that had been overdried. When exposed to normal ambient humidity they swelled, the joint along the skunk stripe broke down and the lacquer cracked. The lacquer on this neck is so loose that it's just peeling off.
I've got some American Black Walnut that's at least twenty years older than me so I'm going to use that to replace it, then give it a gunstock oil finish.
I'll keep you posted.
Should have an update to the "Wish me Luck" thread before long as well, If I can find it now...
