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Cleaning Up Untidy Finish Work on LP Tribute Neck
Looking for some opinions/guidance here. I have an LP tribute that has some small ridges between the neck and fretboard on the bass side that you can feel while playing. Is it ok to scrape/sand this ridge down so it’s not noticeable when playing? Anecdotally, i’ve noticed similar issues on at least a half dozen LPs, both with and without binding, over the past year-ish. Do others see this with some regularity as well? I don’t see it as much with other brands.
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Interesting, that looks like maybe an artifact from a milling process. Like they used a mill to take the tangs of the end of the board.
This is just a hunch, but it looks like you would get below the clear coat filing that down. I might wipe on some fill n finish and taper it in towards the frets.
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Thanks. That does sound like a better option than removing material.
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Hey @ianhatesguitars – wanted to let you know that the glu boost fill and finish worked great. it filled in the low spots and cleaned up nicely. I wasn’t familiar with glu boost and will definitely be using it henceforth.
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Outstanding !
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I’ve seen this a couple times, happened to a young guy I was teaching, while he filed the newly installed frets, he pressed the file very hard (90°) and he started ‘eating’ the fretboard side. Or in fact it can be machining process marks.
If there’s paint over most probably are not sanded machining marks.How have you solved?
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Rather than sanding down the ridges, I used the glu boost fill n’ finish to fill in the low areas (basically use the filler to bring the low areas level to the ridge). I’ll take a photo or two and will post here.
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here’s a shot of the same area after filling with fill n’ finish. not perfect but it feels a lot better than it did before leveling it out with the filler.
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