Taking finish off a fretboard?

[amosrides]

I am looking at some GFS gits, I'm planning on using it as a vintage project. So I was looking at the butterscotch, but the fretboard/neck (just like the origional) look like a nasty yellow in the pics. I figured I could just sand down the neck and finish it with tung oil or the like, but could I get that off the fretboard without removing the frets (Don't trust myself to do that, and not sure I want to pay to have it done and then redone).

If not I think I'll go with the second pic and do 60's tele instead of a 50's, even though I don't think that is was a finished used it's pretty sweet.

 

[dmandude123455]

Re: Taking finish off a fretboard?

What I found to work pretty well was some paint stripper on a rag, then rub a small amount all over it. then take some light steel wool and take all the stuff off. Repeat till its to your likeing.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Taking finish off a fretboard?

Yeah, I'd go down the stripper route too.....er paint stripper that is. So much less invasive and more forgiving if you're a bit heavy handed here and there.