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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have a UK2 with an ebony(??) neck that has a few scratches in the first 3 frets. Can I take a piece of fine steel wool and rub the scratches out? They appear to be only surface markings and not deep scratches.
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Location: Upper Left USA | With ebony or Rosewood fretboards it is OK to use fine steel wool and a little fret oil (boiled down linseed oil) to remove finger grunge and such. Unless there is a thin finish or "faux" coating it should be fine. The working area of a fretboard should be free of any such issues unless their on a cheaply made unit.
If I'm wrong someone can yell at both of us. :eek:
The selection of ebony or rosewood is because it won't be a "finished" area and dense oily woods are needed. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | stephent28
Are the scratches on the ebony or on the frets themselves, it wasn't clear from your post? |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Using steel wool on your fretboard will make the inlays a little foggy. If you want to polish just the frets then put tape on the fretboard (leaving the frets exposed). I usually use post-its and 0000 steel wool. Also it a good idea to put something over the pickups to keep the steel wool from getting on the magnets. Although compressed air will usually cleaned them off. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Sorry I wasn't clear.
The scatches are on the ebony. It looks like a straight line....like a file gently touched the ebony while the frets were being filed down. Two of the frets have no inlay and the 3rd fret touches just a bit of the inlay.
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UK 2 and Neck Scratches