hi
i needed to replace the neck(for the 3rd time in its life) on my strat. i was looking around the innernet for info on recreating the amber colour of its original neck, and saw a bunch of canadians were doing the same, but having troubles locating the neck amber from u.s. suppliers.
so maybe this will be useful to somebody someday.
i bought a few packets of fabric dye from a dollar store- i see this stuff in every dollar store, its called "tintex". i guess any water soluble dye will work though. bought 4 packs, used only 3(but even a lot of that was thrown away)
i mixed a lot of yellow with a little brown, and a drop of red- i had already sanded the neck bare, and i just wiped it on with a rag. it dried in about an hour, then i applied another coat. mixed another batch with a bit more brown for darker results, and repeated about 4 times. i left the dye mixture really watery and weak, so as not to go too dark. i wanted to only go slightly further than the neck on my 62 reissue, as the original was darker by a bit. so i just matched the dye stain tto the reissue neck exactly, then applied tru-oil to finish the wood, and darken the stain just a bit more.
turned out good enough for me, and with the tru oil used the whole thing cost under $10.
i needed to replace the neck(for the 3rd time in its life) on my strat. i was looking around the innernet for info on recreating the amber colour of its original neck, and saw a bunch of canadians were doing the same, but having troubles locating the neck amber from u.s. suppliers.
so maybe this will be useful to somebody someday.
i bought a few packets of fabric dye from a dollar store- i see this stuff in every dollar store, its called "tintex". i guess any water soluble dye will work though. bought 4 packs, used only 3(but even a lot of that was thrown away)
i mixed a lot of yellow with a little brown, and a drop of red- i had already sanded the neck bare, and i just wiped it on with a rag. it dried in about an hour, then i applied another coat. mixed another batch with a bit more brown for darker results, and repeated about 4 times. i left the dye mixture really watery and weak, so as not to go too dark. i wanted to only go slightly further than the neck on my 62 reissue, as the original was darker by a bit. so i just matched the dye stain tto the reissue neck exactly, then applied tru-oil to finish the wood, and darken the stain just a bit more.
turned out good enough for me, and with the tru oil used the whole thing cost under $10.



