Maple Neck Edge Wear: What can I coat it with?

[crunchee]

I've got a maple-necked '79 Peavey T-40 bass, with a neck I really like except for one thing: it has about an inch or so of finish wear along the treble side of the neck edge. It's not bad, and yes I know that having a maple neck with finish wear is in vogue with the relic'd crowd, but I don't want the raw wood to start eroding and getting deeper or bigger with use. What can I use to coat this area with, for protection? The neck has a urethane or polyester finish, and it is in no need of a refinish otherwise. TIA!

[BlueRedWhite]

you can coat it with a lot of love!!!!

(i hope the experts give a better advice)

[hamerhead]

you can coat it with a lot of love!!!!

Won't that just make it sticky?

I recommend not that.

[Steve Haynie]

It would take a heck of a lot of wear to erode wood.

[hamerhead]

Steve - ask Jay about my Les Paul.

[gorch]

I've got a maple-necked '79 Peavey T-40 bass, with a neck I really like except for one thing: it has about an inch or so of finish wear along the treble side of the neck edge. It's not bad, and yes I know that having a maple neck with finish wear is in vogue with the relic'd crowd, but I don't want the raw wood to start eroding and getting deeper or bigger with use. What can I use to coat this area with, for protection? The neck has a urethane or polyester finish, and it is in no need of a refinish otherwise. TIA!

Dunno what you do with your guitar, but I have seen old guitars sporting blank wood for decades that seemed not being eroded. So, I'd rather recommend Blue Red White's solution just without Hamerhead's exudate.

My MIK Standard sports a similar blank area on the bass side of the neck, right below the nut. Wood did not change in years.

[BlueRedWhite]

you can coat it with a lot of love!!!!

Won't that just make it sticky?

I recommend not that.

Nope, it would make it warm and sparkling!!!

[hamerhead]

Warm maybe, but unless he's been eating a lot of glitter..........

[crunchee]

The area of finish wear was already on the bass when I bought it.

Looking off-site for solutions, clear fingernail polish gets mentioned a lot. Anybody use this for guitar clear-coat finish touchups?

[Steve Haynie]

Kim Keller often suggested nitrocellulose based nail polish for finish touch ups.