Charvel Pro mod MIM. Skunk stripe delamination??

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Just picked up my Charvel san dimas this evening and played for a few...noticed the neck felt different. I rolled it over and noticed the skunk strip is "raised" for lack of a better description.

It's not enough to photo, but enough to feel with the palm /thumb when playing. And it's enough to catch a finger nail. This is concerning to me. Is this really an issue? I've got to imagine that something like that will only worsen over time and temp changes?

Guitar isn't a year in my possession.

Thanks for any advice.
 
MrDowntown":2ktckzvu said:
Just picked up my Charvel san dimas this evening and played for a few...noticed the neck felt different. I rolled it over and noticed the skunk strip is "raised" for lack of a better description.

It's not enough to photo, but enough to feel with the palm /thumb when playing. And it's enough to catch a finger nail. This is concerning to me. Is this really an issue? I've got to imagine that something like that will only worsen over time and temp changes?

Guitar isn't a year in my possession.

Thanks for any advice.
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This is common, even on the Charvel Custom Shops. You have a piece of walnut as the stripe inside a piece of maple for the neck. These two different woods are going to react slightly differently to changes in the weather since Charvel necks are oil finished. Get some 400 grit sandpaper and lightly sand the high spot until it is flush. Try and hold the sandpaper in your hand to the same contour as the back of the neck. It should only take a very, very little sanding. If it ends up taking off too much color to where you can see where you sanded, you can put a little Tru Oil Gun Stock Oil or tung oil on the sanded area. Let the oil dry to the touch and take #0000 (it's got to be 4 zeros!) steel wool and rub over the area. You can use that same size steel wool on the back of the neck all the time to keep it feeling smooth and fast. Every time you change strings, use that same steel wool to clean the grime off the fretboard, polish the frets themselves and hit the back of the neck again.

If you were local I could do this "repair" in 5 minutes. Also, you probably won't ever have to do it again. This same sort of thing happens with oil finished necks and fret ends. Sometimes the weather causes the neck to contract a little and the fret ends will poke out like little fangs. If you have them filed once when they are in this condition, you probably won't have to ever do them again.

Good luck.
 
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